Display artile category in NSP grid.

Hi. I am trying to retrieve the category name for articles to display in NSP Grid. Currently the title is displaying with the story lead in.

I am looking at plug-ins/gk-nsp/data_sources/wp/layout_parts.php starting at line 39 (see below). I have customised this file before to change the layout.

Is there a way to pull the article's category name into a variable e.g. $art_category ?

Thanks in advance.
John.

function art_title($i, $only_value = false) {
$art_title = '';
$art_ID = '';
$art_url = '';

$art_title = $this->parent->wdgt_results[$i]->post_title;
$art_ID = $this->parent->wdgt_results[$i]->ID;

$art_url = get_permalink($art_ID);
$art_title_short = GK_NSP_Widget_Helpers::cut_text('article_title', $art_title, $this->parent->config['article_title_len_type'], $this->parent->config['article_title_len']);

Hi,

Please check your News Show Pro widget "Article layout" tab, you should find "show info block" section here and you can display {CATEGORY} in this place.

Is that ok or you need something more?

I have customised the widget to display in the grid (see attached.) Currently it is displaying the title in the grid. In order to do this I have to name the post with the category name. I need to use the title so it will display in landing summary pages, while maintaining the category name in the grid.

Regards,
John.

Just for futher clarification, I want the title text "Story Heading" in the NSP grid block to be the category name instead of the story title. (see attached).

Regards,
John.

I understand now, try with this code:

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$categories = get_the_category($art_ID);

if(count($categories) > 0) {
foreach($categories as $cat) {          
        $category = $cat->name;
   }
}


Worked great - thank you.
Made a small edit to your code as the code was already in a loop. I just ended up adding it below
$art_url = get_permalink($art_ID);

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$categories = get_the_category($art_ID);
$art_title = $categories[0]->name;


Regards,
John.