term_id ) ) ? (int) $term->term_id : 0; $categories = get_categories( array( 'taxonomy' => 'category', // Taxonomy to retrieve terms for. We want 'category'. Note that this parameter is default to 'category', so you can omit it 'orderby' => 'name', 'parent' => 0, 'hide_empty' => 0, // change to 1 to hide categores not having a single post ) ); ?>