WordPress trick: Get category slug using category ID

First, put the following function in your functions.php file:

function get_cat_slug($cat_id) {$cat_id = (int) $cat_id;$category = &get_category($cat_id);return $category->slug;}

Once done, you can call the function as shown below:

This will display the slug for the category with the ID 3.

Thanks to Ken Rosaka for the tip!

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