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Display category of a custom post

WRITTEN BY ON 12 Jun 2014
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We can't use the_category to display its category for WordPress custom post. You'll need get_the_terms for this. It accepts two parameters - post ID and custom taxanomy name.

$terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID , 'custom_taxanomy_name' );

foreach ( $terms as $term ) {
   print_r($terms);
}								
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