Simple snippet that returns the name (or any other field you specify) of any MODX object. Example: [[getObjectName?&obj=`modTemplate`&id=`[[*template]]`]]

getObjectName

<?php
$fn = (isset($field)) ? $field : ($obj == 'modTemplate') ? 'templatename' : 'name';

if ($object = $modx->getObject($obj, $id)) {
  if ($value = $object->get($fn)) {
    return $value;
  }
  else {
     $modx->log(modX::LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, 'getObjectName - could not find field "' . $fn . '" on object #' . $id . ' of type "' . $obj . '"');
  }
}
else {
  $modx->log(modX::LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, 'getObjectName - could not retrieve object #' . $id . ' of type "' . $obj . '"');
}
return '';