Title: Custom fields for category description
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Custom fields for category description

 *  Resolved [nowton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nowton/)
 * (@nowton)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-fields-for-category-description/)
 * can we use this plugin to add fields to the category description. We’d like to
   use a Featured Image, and two Rich text fields. We’d rather not use three separate
   plugins for this functionality. Thanks in advance.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-content-type-manager/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-content-type-manager/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [fireproofsocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fireproofsocks/)
 * (@fireproofsocks)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-fields-for-category-description/#post-3831896)
 * No, that’s not supported, and I wouldn’t recommend it: it means you’re starting
   to misuse your data model. Remember that a taxonomy is a simple term relationship
   to help streamline classification and searching, not something intended to hold
   extra data. Yes, this is my soapbox, but if you’re starting to associate data
   with your taxonomy (e.g. your category), then you’re no longer using it as a 
   taxonomy. I would instead define a custom content type and then use that as a
   pseudo-taxonomy — define custom fields that reference the other content type.

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