Functions/get collection by id

Description

get_collection_by_id will return the database record for a Collection with a given ID.

Usage

<?php get_collection_by_id($id); ?>

Parameters

  • $id (integer) - The ID of the collection you wish to retrieve. This should be a number, ideally matching the ID of an collection already existing in your archive.

Example

Using get_collection_by_id, you can display metadata for a specific collection anywhere in your theme. The following code will set the current collection to be the collection with an ID of 7, and will then echo the name of that collection, wrapped in an h2 tag.

<?php
 
set_current_collection(get_collection_by_id(7));
 
echo '<h2>'.collection('Name').'</h2>';