Title: Can't edit category description
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Can't edit category description

 *  Resolved [Lesley-Anne-Smith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesley-anne-smith/)
 * (@lesley-anne-smith)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-category-description/)
 * I have added around 300 words of description on my category page.
 * Unfortunately I can’t seem to format it. For example, I can’t use paragraphs,
   bullett points etc. So currently it’s just one large block of text which looks
   very unattractive.
 * I’ve tried a couple of plugins, CategoryTinymce and Visual Term Description Editor.
   When I activate the plugin the buttons appear above the box where I can edit 
   the text. I can format it on the editing page, but when I go to view the page
   on the site, it still just appears as a solid block of text.
 * Any one know what to do with this?

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 *  [Martin Robbins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/santeven/)
 * (@santeven)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-category-description/#post-6087335)
 * We’ll need to have a link to your site in order to provide further assistance.
 *  Thread Starter [Lesley-Anne-Smith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesley-anne-smith/)
 * (@lesley-anne-smith)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-category-description/#post-6087338)
 * [http://www.happydownbelow.com](http://www.happydownbelow.com)
 * The category pages are on the top menu, or in the widget on the bottom right 
   handside.
 * Currently the category description is at the top of the page. I don’t mind it
   being at the top as I’ve been informed that it’s best at the top for SEO purposes.
 * But what I don’t like is that I can’t format it at all. I can’t even add paragraphs.
 * I did try two plugins eg CategoryTinymce, and that allowed me to justify the 
   text and upload and image, but it still looked pretty terrible.
 * I’d like to know how to add paragraphs, bullet points, images, etc to make it
   look a bit less off putting.
 * Thanks you.
 *  [Martin Robbins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/santeven/)
 * (@santeven)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-category-description/#post-6087339)
 * OK, let’s confirm what all is going on:
    1. Canvas theme with no child theme, right?
    2. Includes a Custom CSS feature via Jetpack I believe, right?
    3. Disable both the category-description-editor plugins, OK?
    4. How appears the text within the category descriptions when you edit the category?
       Any line breaks?, double-spacing?, Or is it all just one “paragraph”?
 *  Thread Starter [Lesley-Anne-Smith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesley-anne-smith/)
 * (@lesley-anne-smith)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-category-description/#post-6087342)
 * thanks for your reply.
 * 1. It is a child theme.
    2. It does include a custom CSS feature. 3. Both the
   category description editor plugins are disabled 4. When I edit the category 
   if I hit the return button, it will take the next sentence of text to the line
   below (a line break?), but it won’t put a double space in, ie no paragraph.
 * So for example, with some random text, it looks like this:
 * Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor
   incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
    Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud
   exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute
   irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat 
   nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa
   qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum
 *  [Martin Robbins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/santeven/)
 * (@santeven)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-category-description/#post-6087351)
 * You are welcome. Bottom line right now, there’s some inline styling that controls
   the appearance of your category description and we need to figure out where it
   comes from so we can override it with the styling you want.
 *     ```
       <div class="archive-description">
       <p style="text-align: justify;">Kegel balls blah blah</p>
       <p style="text-align: justify;">So why the big secret? blah blah</p>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * The Super Cache plugin may be complicating the issue, I would say clear its cache
   and then disable while troubleshooting.
 * The theme author(s) likely are most qualified to be of most assistance.
 * I’m out of time for a while. Good luck!
 *  Thread Starter [Lesley-Anne-Smith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesley-anne-smith/)
 * (@lesley-anne-smith)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-category-description/#post-6087378)
 * I found a plugin called Allow HTML in Category Descriptions. If I combine that
   with CategoryTinymce, it seems to work.
 * Thanks for your help.

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 * Last reply from: [Lesley-Anne-Smith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lesley-anne-smith/)
 * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-edit-category-description/#post-6087378)
 * Status: resolved

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