Title: Category Description Widget Author: Dominik Schwind Published: February 21, 2014 Last modified: November 9, 2017 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/category-description-widget/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=1762269) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/category-description-widget/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=1762269) # Category Description Widget By [Dominik Schwind](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dominikschwind-1/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/category-description-widget.2.1.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-description-widget/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-description-widget/#reviews) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-description-widget/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-description-widget/) ## Description Enables a widget with the category description. This is useful if the theme you are using is not showing this information. Works on tags and other taxonomies as well. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cc758b595c9733944d6660849fc14fd6ba402d2c037f0fc1ce95b745df567fa6? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[No idea how to use this](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-idea-how-to-use-this-5/)󠁿 [DesktopMasters](https://profiles.wordpress.org/desktopmasters/) June 20, 2023 3 replies Looked at the code and readme for it. I am not even sure this works. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5090d7190e7ba895ab777b276fdc83b52ac7dcf90b8ed480694a3a45a26c967b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[no directions whatsoever](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-directions-whatsoever/)󠁿 [emgraphics](https://profiles.wordpress.org/emgraphics/) September 17, 2018 1 reply Nothing happens/changes when turned on. No description of how to use it, place it, install it, no shortcode. Nothing. Why bother making something if you can’t even provide one line on how to use it? ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e4cbf7e82f5aff0df56272baca19b4415441694a659dd2761a3efa4c294c27de? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Please add shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-add-shortcode/)󠁿 [daytrader007](https://profiles.wordpress.org/daytrader007/) October 30, 2016 1 reply Please add shortcode functionality for it! Thanks! [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-description-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Category Description Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Dominik Schwind ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dominikschwind-1/) [Translate “Category Description Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/category-description-widget) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/category-description-widget/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/category-description-widget/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/category-description-widget/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/category-description-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2.1 Checked for 3.9 compatibility. #### 2 Fixed two small bugs. ## Meta * Version **2.1** * Last updated **8 years ago** * Active installations **100+** * WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.9.29** * Tags * [category](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)[tags](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tags/) [taxonomy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonomy/)[widget](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-description-widget/advanced/) ## Ratings 2.3 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-description-widget/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-description-widget/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-description-widget/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-description-widget/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 2 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-description-widget/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-description-widget/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-description-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Dominik Schwind ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dominikschwind-1/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-description-widget/)