I'm using the below code to try and get the slug for the current category and the parent category.
I've managed to get as far as getting the currently cat slug but the parent displays in readable text and nut slug format.
Where am I going wrong?
<?php $term = get_term_by( 'slug', get_query_var( 'term' ), get_query_var( 'taxonomy' ) );
$parent = get_term($term->parent, get_query_var('taxonomy') );?>
<?php echo do_shortcode("[ecs-list-events cat='{$term->slug}']"); ?>
<?php
echo $term->slug;
echo $parent->name;
?>