SQL: SELECT distinct t.name, tt.term_id FROM shopcit_terms AS t INNER JOIN shopcit_term_taxonomy AS tt ON tt.term_id = t.term_id INNER JOIN shopcit_term_relationships AS tr ON tr.term_taxonomy_id = tt.term_taxonomy_id JOIN shopcit_posts p ON tr.object_id=p.id AND p.post_status='publish' WHERE `tt`.taxonomy='category' AND tt.parent =0