Brendan

Unfortunately there is no perfect way to call the category to the title of your Word Press blog for all situations. There are several ways that the info can be called, but they may not be exactly what you are looking for.

To show the category for every page in your blog (including the home page) you can try this:

<?php $categories = get_the_category();
echo $categories[0]->cat_name; ?>

The good thing about this solution, is that it will show the category name for all individual posts, as well as all category pages. The bad thing about this solution is that it will also show the last category posted to on the home page.

If you wish to only show the category name on actual category pages use this:

<?php $categories = get_the_category();
 if ($cat==0) echo ""; elseif ($cat!==0)
echo $categories[0]->cat_name; ?>

The good thing about this solution is that it will not show anything in title for your home page. The bad part is that it will also not show the category name on each individual post.

Aside from these two options, there really is no easy way to get the best of both worlds. I suppose it would be possible to query the database for the current, or associated category, and then replace the category ID with the category name. However, I do not want to post such a hack here - the follow up and support for me would be too much.

If someone else reading this post would like to give it a try that would be great. I would be happy to post your outcome with a link to your site.

Hope that helps!

Thanks,
Brendan