`craft.categories`

You can access your site’s categories from your templates via craft.categories. It returns an ElementCriteriaModel object.

  {% nav category in craft.categories.group('newsCategories') %}
    <li>
      <a href="{{ category.url }}">{{ category.title }}</a>
      {% ifchildren %}
        <ul>
          {% children %}
        </ul>
      {% endifchildren %}
    </li>
  {% endnav %}

#Parameters

craft.categories supports the following parameters:

#ancestorOf

Only fetch categories that are an ancestor of a given category. Accepts a CategoryModel object.

#ancestorDist

Only fetch categories that are a given number of levels above the category specified by the ancestorOf param.

#level

Only fetch categories located at a certain level.

#descendantOf

Only fetch categories that are a descendant of a given category. Accepts a CategoryModel object.

#descendantDist

Only fetch categories that are a given number of levels below the category specified by the descendantOf param.

#fixedOrder

If set to true, categories will be returned in the same order as the IDs entered in the id param.

#group

Only fetch categories that belong to a given category group(s), referenced by its handle.

#groupId

Only fetch categories that belong to a given category group(s), referenced by its ID.

#id

Only fetch the category with the given ID.

#indexBy

Indexes the results by a given property. Possible values include 'id' and 'title'.

#limit

Limits the results to X categories. The default value is 100. null will return all categories.

#locale

The locale the categories should be returned in. (Defaults to the current site locale.)

#nextSiblingOf

Only fetch the category which is the next sibling of the given category. Accepts either a CategoryModel object or a category’s ID.

#offset

Skips the first X categories.

For example, if you set offset(1), the would-be second category returned becomes the first.

#order

The order the categories should be returned in. Possible values include 'title', 'id', 'groupId', 'slug', 'uri', 'dateCreated', and 'dateUpdated', as well as any textual custom field handles. If you want the entries to be sorted in descending order, add “desc” after the property name (ex: 'slug desc'). The default value is 'postDate desc'.

#positionedAfter

Only fetch categories which are positioned after the given category. Accepts either a CategoryModel object or a category’s ID.

#positionedBefore

Only fetch categories which are positioned before the given category. Accepts either a CategoryModel object or a category’s ID.

#prevSiblingOf

Only fetch the category which is the previous sibling of the given category. Accepts either a CategoryModel object or a category’s ID.

#relatedTo

Only fetch categories that are related to certain other elements. (See relations for the syntax options.)

#search

Only fetch entries that match a given search query. (See searching for the syntax and available search attributes.)

#siblingOf

Only fetch categories which are siblings of the given category. Accepts either a CategoryModel object or a category’s ID.

#slug

Only fetch the category with the given slug.

#title

Only fetch categories with the given title.

#uri

Only fetch the category with the given URI.