Title: Description summary
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Description summary

 *  Resolved [Analista SEO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/analista-seo/)
 * (@analista-seo)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/description-summary/)
 * In a list of tags, how can I display a summary of the description?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/visual-term-description-editor/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/visual-term-description-editor/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Shea Bunge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bungeshea/)
 * (@bungeshea)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/description-summary/#post-6765801)
 * Currently WordPress only has one field for a term description, unlike posts which
   allow for an excerpt as well as the full content.
 * If you’d like to display an abbreviated description, this can be achieved by 
   using something like the `wp_trim_words()` function.

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/visual-term-description-editor.svg)
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 * Last reply from: [Shea Bunge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bungeshea/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/description-summary/#post-6765801)
 * Status: resolved