{"id":104864,"date":"2017-12-15T15:47:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T15:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/?p=104864"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:33:50","slug":"magento2-get-parents-children-categories-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/magento2-get-parents-children-categories-category\/","title":{"rendered":"Magento 2 \u2013 Get Parents and Children Categories From a Category"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If having an issue in getting parents and children categories from a category in Magento 2 then no need to worry about this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ll explore here how to get parent and child categories in Magento 2 for a specific category using simple and effective methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\">&lt;?php \n $objectManager = \\Magento\\Framework\\App\\ObjectManager::getInstance(); \/\/ Instance of Object Manager\n $categoryFactory = $objectManager-&gt;get(&#039;\\Magento\\Catalog\\Model\\CategoryFactory&#039;);\/\/ Instance of Category Model\n $categoryId = 15; \/\/ YOUR CATEGORY ID\n $category = $categoryFactory-&gt;create()-&gt;load($categoryId);\n \/\/ Parent Categories\n $parentCategories = $category-&gt;getParentCategories();\n \/\/ Children  Categories\n $childrenCategories = $category-&gt;getChildrenCategories();\n\n?&gt;<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope this blog will help you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If having an issue in getting parents and children categories from a category in Magento 2 then no need to worry about this. 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