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Template Tags/category description

Contents 1 Description 2 Usage 3 Examples 3.1 Default Usage 3.2 With Category Title 4 Parameters 5 Related

Description

Returns the description of a category.

Usage

 <?php echo category_description($category); ?> 

Examples

Default Usage

Displays the description of a category, given it's id, by echoing the return value of the tag. If no category given and used on a category page, it returns the description of the current category.

 <p><?php echo category_description(3); ?></p> 

Result:

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With Category Title

 <p><strong><?php single_cat_title('Currently browsing'); ?>
</strong>: <?php echo category_description(); ?></p> 

Result:

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Parameters

category 

(integer) The numeric ID of the category for which the tag is to return the description. Defaults to the current category, if one is not set.

Related

the_category, the_category_rss, single_cat_title, category_description, wp_dropdown_categories, wp_list_categories, in_category, get_category_parents, get_the_category get_category_link,