Display last child category in WordPress template

[shackep]

Is there a way to call a single child name of a category?
This is what I mean. I have posts that have multiple categories based on hierarchy.

Magazine
-> Department
->-> Humor Me
->-> Letters to the Editor
->-> LifeStyle
-> Issue #35

None of the posts multiple categories of the last set. Just one. For example, The post titled “The Story of My Life” is in the categories: Magazine, Department, Issue #35 and Humor Me.

Each post must have an Issue category and one from the last level category ie. “Humor Me”

In my template I want to display something like this-> Humor Me: The Story of My Life

I can get them to all display “Department: The Story of My Life” or all of the associated categories but not just the last on the list.

Thanks

[shackep]

This is what I ended up using. It seems to be working.

$catpost = get_the_category();

foreach ($catpost as $cat) {

if($cat->category_parent==21){

$namecat= $cat->cat_name;

echo $namecat;

}

}

?>

[aqeel.mmd]

I know its late, But you can use
<?php the_category(“”, “single”); ?>; // inside loop
<?php the_category(“”, “single”, $post->ID); ?> // outside loop

You can see the reference here . We are using it in our site.

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