is_category( int|string|int[]|string[] $category = '' )

Determines whether the query is for an existing category archive page.

Description

If the $category parameter is specified, this function will additionally check if the query is for one of the categories specified.

For more information on this and similar theme functions, check out the Conditional Tags article in the Theme Developer Handbook.

Parameters

$category

(int|string|int[]|string[]) (Optional) Category ID, name, slug, or array of such to check against.

Default value: ''

Return

(bool) Whether the query is for an existing category archive page.

More Information

Source

File: wp-includes/query.php 

function is_category( $category = '' ) {
	global $wp_query;

	if ( ! isset( $wp_query ) ) {
		_doing_it_wrong( __FUNCTION__, __( 'Conditional query tags do not work before the query is run. Before then, they always return false.' ), '3.1.0' );
		return false;
	}

	return $wp_query->is_category( $category );
}

Uses

Uses Description
wp-includes/l10n.php: __()

Retrieve the translation of $text.
wp-includes/class-wp-query.php: WP_Query::is_category()

Is the query for an existing category archive page?
wp-includes/functions.php: _doing_it_wrong()

Mark something as being incorrectly called.

Used By

Used By Description
wp-includes/rest-api.php: rest_get_queried_resource_route()

Gets the REST route for the currently queried object.
wp-includes/general-template.php: wp_get_document_title()

Returns document title for the current page.
wp-includes/general-template.php: get_the_archive_title()

Retrieve the archive title based on the queried object.
wp-includes/category-template.php: term_description()

Retrieves term description.
wp-includes/category-template.php: wp_dropdown_categories()

Displays or retrieves the HTML dropdown list of categories.
wp-includes/category-template.php: wp_list_categories()

Displays or retrieves the HTML list of categories.
wp-includes/general-template.php: feed_links_extra()

Display the links to the extra feeds such as category feeds.
wp-includes/general-template.php: wp_title()

Display or retrieve page title for all areas of blog.
wp-includes/general-template.php: single_term_title()

Display or retrieve page title for taxonomy term archive.
wp-includes/class-wp.php: WP::handle_404()

Set the Headers for 404, if nothing is found for requested URL.
wp-includes/post-template.php: get_body_class()

Retrieves an array of the class names for the body element.
wp-includes/canonical.php: redirect_canonical()

Redirects incoming links to the proper URL based on the site url.

Changelog

Version Description
1.5.0 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/is_category