php wordpress category

Usage

<?php wp_create_category( $cat_name, $parent ); ?>

Parameters

$cat_name

(string) (required) Name for the new category.

Default: None

$parent

(integer) (optional) Category ID of the parent category.

Default: None

Return Values

(integer) 

0 on failure, category id on success.

Examples

In order to create a simple category use:

 wp_create_category('My category name');

To create a category that is a child of Uncategorized (or whatever category has the ID 0), use:

wp_create_category('Child of Uncategorized', 0);

To get id of category created and put value in variable:

$id = wp_create_category('Child of Uncategorized', 0);