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Returns the description of a category defined in the category settings screen for the current category (Posts > Categories).
<?php echo category_description( $category ); ?>
Displays the description of a category, given its 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.
<div><?php echo category_description(3); ?></div>
Result:
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Note: if there is no category description, the function returns a br tag
Displays the description of a category, using a category slug.
<?php echo category_description(get_category_by_slug('category-slug')->term_id); ?>
<div><strong><?php single_cat_title('Currently browsing'); ?>
</strong>: <?php echo category_description(); ?></div>
Result:
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the_category, the_category_rss, single_cat_title, category_description, wp_dropdown_categories, wp_list_categories, get_the_category, get_category_parents, get_category_link, is_category, in_category