Add categories links above post title in Featured image slider

Thanks Nikko,

I have added a line above the one you mentioned to test if it will work: $caption = ‘ <h3 class=”avia-caption-title”>TEST</h3>’;
It shows “TEST” above the title, so it will work. The question is – how do I get category link and name onto this line?

Here is the whole section of code that I have now:

foreach ($this->entries->posts as $slide)
			{
					$counter ++;
					$thumb_id = get_post_thumbnail_id( $slide->ID );
					$slide_class = "";
					$taxonomies  = get_object_taxonomies(get_post_type($the_id));
					
					$img 	 = wp_get_attachment_image_src($thumb_id, $this->atts['image_size']);
					$link	 = get_permalink( $slide->ID );
					$title	 = get_the_title( $slide->ID );
					
					
					$caption  = "";
 					$caption .= ' <div class="caption_fullwidth av-slideshow-caption caption_center">';
					$caption .= ' <div class="container caption_container">';
					$caption .= ' <div class="slideshow_caption">';
					$caption .= ' <div class="slideshow_inner_caption">';
					$caption .= ' <div class="slideshow_align_caption">';
					$caption .= ' <h3 class="avia-caption-title">TEST</h3>';
					$caption .= ' <h2 class="avia-caption-title"><a href="'.$link.'">'.$title.'</a></h2>';
			
					if(strpos($this->atts['contents'], 'excerpt')  !== false)
					{
						$excerpt = !empty($slide->post_excerpt) ? $slide->post_excerpt : avia_backend_truncate($slide->post_content, apply_filters( 'avf_feature_image_slider_excerpt_length' , 320) , apply_filters( 'avf_feature_image_slider_excerpt_delimiter' , " "), "…", true, '');
						
						if(!empty($excerpt)){
							$caption .= ' <div class="avia-caption-content " itemprop="description">';
							$caption .= wpautop($excerpt);
							$caption .= ' </div>';
						}
					}
		
					
					if(strpos($this->atts['contents'], 'read_more')  !== false)
					{
						$caption .= ' <a href="'.$link.'" class="avia-slideshow-button avia-button avia-color-light " data-duration="800" data-easing="easeInOutQuad">'.__('Read more', 'avia_framework').'</a>';
					
					}
					$caption .= ' </div>';
					$caption .= ' </div>';
					$caption .= ' </div>';
					$caption .= ' </div>';
					$caption .= $this->create_overlay();
					$caption .= ' </div>';
					
					$slide_data = "data-img-url='".$img[0]."'";
					
					if(empty($img)) $slide_class .= " av-no-image-slider";
					
					$html .= "<li {$slide_data} class='slide-{$counter} {$slide_class} slide-id-".$slide->ID."'>";
					$html .= $caption;
					$html .= "</li>";
			}

Thanks Nikko! It worked! You should add this option for future updates.

Best regards