Title: Category Description
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Category Description

 *  [JoshingTalk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshingtalk/)
 * (@joshingtalk)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-description-2/)
 * Hi everyone!
 * I’m using the Alyeska Theme on my WP site and have it all fresh and nearly ready
   to go live. I just need to get the category description to show up on each category!
   
   Now I’ve done some research and found the following line of code: <?php echo 
   category_description(); ?> They tell me to put it in my archive.php file but 
   I’ve been warned to stay away from templates as much as possible….one thing wrong
   and the site could go (hence I’m a bit of a newb)! If anyone could confirm where
   to put it in Alyeska, I’ll be a little more confident. Below is the coding for
   my Alyeska.php:
 * _[[code moderated - the forum limit for posting code is 10 lines - please use the pastebin for anything above the limit]](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code)_
 * Many thanks,
    Josh

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 *  [Kurt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/highfxmedia/)
 * (@highfxmedia)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-description-2/#post-2716726)
 * JoshingTalk:
 * That’s a premium theme. You might get a better/quicker response on Themeforest.
 *  Thread Starter [JoshingTalk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshingtalk/)
 * (@joshingtalk)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-description-2/#post-2716727)
 * Hi Kurt,
 * Funnily enough, they sent me packing as I had not bought the theme. (It was a
   present!)
    I’m trying to contact the guy who made the theme but to no avail yet.
   🙂
 * Thanks anyway,
 * Josh
 *  [Kurt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/highfxmedia/)
 * (@highfxmedia)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-description-2/#post-2716731)
 * Josh:
 * OK. I’ve had that problem when working on customer themes. No support unless 
   you’ve purchased it. You can’t criticize the designer if you haven’t purchased
   it either. I made a legitimate criticism of a theme and the designer complained
   to Themeforest and they removed my comment. Whiner designer.
 * I looked at the code you posted, but because this theme is coded in a framework
   style I can’t follow the code without some of the other files. Also, because 
   it’s coded in a framework style there should be a way to get what you want without
   modifying the template files.
 * If you can’t figure it out, you’ll have to get help from the designer or someone
   who has access to all of the files.
 *  Thread Starter [JoshingTalk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshingtalk/)
 * (@joshingtalk)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-description-2/#post-2716732)
 * Thanks Kurt! Will do that.
 * Appreciate the help. 🙂
 * Josh

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 * Last reply from: [JoshingTalk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshingtalk/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-description-2/#post-2716732)
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