how to Get current category ID of the active page in wordpress

In this tutorial will learn how to Get current category ID of the active page

 

If it is a category page,you can get id of current category by:

 $category = get_category( get_query_var( 'cat' ) );
 $cat_id = $category->cat_ID;

if you want to get category id of any particular category on any page,try using :

 $category_id = get_cat_ID('Category Name');

 

 

how to Get current category ID of the active page in wordpress