$categoryId = 10 ; // get current category id $category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($categoryId) ; $catList = explode(",", $category->getChildren();) ; foreach{$catList as $cat} { $subcategory = Mage::getSingleton('catalog/category')->load($cat) ; echo $subcategory->getName() ; } It will display the second level. if you want to display further levels, put this code in recursive.