It takes one parameter, which is the name of a category. If successful, it will return the target of {{category redirect|<target>}} on that category. If unsuccessful, it will return its own original parameter.

{{Resolve category redirect|categoryname}}

• {{Resolve category redirect|1970s}} → 1970s
• {{Resolve category redirect|Category:1970s}} → 1970s

• {{Resolve category redirect|Mosques completed in the 19th century}} → 19th-century mosques
• {{Resolve category redirect|Category:Mosques completed in the 19th century}} → 19th-century mosques

• {{Resolve category redirect|Organisations}} → Organizations
• {{Resolve category redirect|Category:Organisations}} → Organizations

• {{Resolve category redirect|Colourless green things}} → Colourless green things
• {{Resolve category redirect|Category:Colourless green things}} → Colourless green things

• {{Resolve category redirect|1781 in Mexico}} → 1781 in New Spain
• {{Resolve category redirect|Category:1781 in Mexico}} → 1781 in New Spain

{{Title year}} and other templates without parameters are now allowed in the {{Category redirect}} target name, as well as basic parser functions, and are evaluated accordingly. Multiple templates are not evaluated, but such functionality can be requested with an appropriate working example.

The character ! is also now allowed (see testcases).

It is helpful to also add {{R from category navigation}} or {{R from template-generated category}} (as appropriate) to indicate that the redirect is required for navigation between category pages. See those template page for full syntax. This also hides a speedy deletion button that is otherwise displayed to administrators.

• Category:Wikipedia soft redirected categories which are not resolved correctly (0)

• Template:Category redirect
• Template:Category if exists