How do I display a category name based on a segment?

Question

I'm trying to show the category_name of segment_3. If I use the variable {segment_3} it displays the short name, I want to show the Full name. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I'd check out Cat2: http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/cat2

And you can use it like so...

category_name from category_url_title

{exp:cat2:name category_url_title="{segment_3}" category_group="5"}

Answer 2

Low Seg2Cat works great for this.

Low Seg2Cat loops through the segments of the current URI, matches them against existing categories, and registers the matching categories as global variables, which you can use in your templates.

You'd be able to access your category name using {segment_3_category_name}

Answer 3

There's also Freebie as well which would allow you to do:

{exp:freebie:category_name segment="3"}