{"id":2083,"date":"2014-12-28T07:36:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-28T07:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/?p=2083"},"modified":"2014-12-28T07:36:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T07:36:39","slug":"how-to-get-id-of-parent-category-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vishmax.com\/en\/labs\/how-to-get-id-of-parent-category-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get ID of parent category in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some times you need to get ID of the parent category. 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