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I have a problem here with category parent name, I want to show parent name instead of parent id {parent_id}, how can I call parent name?

Parent name (Category A), Sub category (Category 1)

{exp:channel:category_heading}{if parent_id}{category_name},{/if}{category_name}{/exp:channel:category_heading}{/exp:channel:entries}

the html will show

Category 1, Category 1 insteads of Category A, Category 1

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I guess there is no tag to display this, you need to use query.

{exp:channel:category_heading}
{if parent_id}
   {exp:query sql="SELECT cat_name FROM exp_categories WHERE cat_id = '{parent_id}'"}
    {cat_name},
   {/exp:query}
{/if}
{category_name}
{/exp:channel:category_heading}

Srikanth

Thanks for the assist, Srikanth.

ustict, will the query work for you?

It worked, thanks for the help, srikanth aetukuri 😊

you missed out (”) after {parent_id}’
hope you can edit it for our future reference. thanks again.

Glad that worked for you… If anything else comes up, please do let us know in a new thread..