Title: custom post descriptions
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# custom post descriptions

 *  [jtancil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jtancilyahoocom/)
 * (@jtancilyahoocom)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-descriptions/)
 * Hello,
    I have created a page that uses custom posts: [http://www.africanhealthleadership.org/resources/toolkit/](http://www.africanhealthleadership.org/resources/toolkit/)
 * Each tool (Preparation, Assessment, etc.) is a custom post. On the WP Admin, 
   each tool is a category; each category has a “description” field. I would like
   to output those descriptions on the Toolkit page. I tried using this and nothing
   displayed:
    `<?php echo category_description( $category ); ?>`
 * Right now, the descriptions are hard-coded in to the page. The one for preparation
   begins
    “Preparation tools establish…”
 * Thank you for any ideas!
    Jeff

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 *  [LeoAltair](https://wordpress.org/support/users/leoaltair/)
 * (@leoaltair)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-descriptions/#post-1777114)
 * Each tool (Preparation, Assessment, etc.) is a custom post. On the WP Admin, 
   each tool is a category;
 * Not clear for me : is it a custom post or a category ?
 * If it’s a post, you could use editor for the big text (the_content) and excerpt
   for the description-preview (the_excerpt : check spelling, I never get it right)
 * As the big text is just desc + a list, you could even simplier put a “more” separator
   in you editor and have an automatic exerpt
 *  Thread Starter [jtancil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jtancilyahoocom/)
 * (@jtancilyahoocom)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-post-descriptions/#post-1777176)
 * Thanks for the reply. It’s a custom post. Like a regular post, custom posts can
   have categories. Does that clarify?

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