Woocommerce: Get current product category

Question

How do I get the current product category that the user is browsing through?

I am trying to use get_the_terms($post->ID, 'product_cat'); but this is giving me the categories for each product listed on the page. I would like to get the current category user is browsing through, the current product listing page.

Answer 1

Here is a one liner:

$wp_query->get_queried_object()->term_id;

or

$wp_query->get_queried_object()->name;

or

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