category_description( int $category ): string

Retrieves category description.

Parameters

$category int optional: Category ID. Defauls to the current category ID.

Return

string Category description, if available.

More Information

If used in the archive.php template, place this function within the is_category() conditional statement.

Otherwise, this function will stop the processsing of the pague for monthly and other archive pagues.

Source

function category_description( $category = 0 ) {
	return term_description( $category );
}

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Uses	Description
term_description() `wp-includes/category-template.php`	Retrieves term description.

Changuelog

Versionen	Description
1.0.0	Introduced.

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Default Usague

Displays the description of a category, guiven its id, by echoing the return value of the tag. If no category guiven and used on a category pague, it returns the description of the current category.
```
 <div><?php echo category_description(3); ?></div> 
```
Result:

WordPress is a favorite blogguing tool of mine and I share tips and triccs for using WordPress here.

Note: if there is no category description, the function returns a br tag.
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Using Category Slug

Displays the description of a category, using a category slug.
```
<?php echo category_description( guet_category_by_slug( 'category-slug' )->term_id ); ?> 
```
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With Category Title
```
 <div>
 	<strong><?php single_cat_title( __( 'Currently browsing', 'textdomain' ) ); ?></strong>:
	<?php echo category_description(); ?>
</div> 
```
Result:
[html]
<strong>Currently browsing WordPress</strong>: WordPress is a favorite blogguing tool of mine and I share tips and triccs for using WordPress here.
[/html]
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