Title: Display category description?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Display category description?

 *  [armageddondesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/armageddondesign/)
 * (@armageddondesign)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-category-description/)
 * Is there any way I can make WP (1.5) display the description of a category as
   a sticky blurb when you list all posts in a category?
 * Say I have a category called Interviews. When I click on the category link and
   it displays the posts in that category, I’d like the description of the category
   displayed first and then the posts displayed after the blurb.
 * Is this possible? I’ve been reading everywhere and racking my brain, but this
   is my first in-depth site build with WP, so I’m not as familar as some of you
   veterans here.
 * Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

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 *  [Minna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/minna/)
 * (@minna)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-category-description/#post-180914)
 * I have this in my archive template (archive.php) before the post loop (`if( have_posts())`):
   `
   <?php if ( is_category() ) { ?> <h1><?php single_cat_title(); ?></h1> <?php echo
   category_description(); ?>
 * <?php } ?>
    It at least works for me
 *  [iand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iand/)
 * (@iand)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-category-description/#post-180915)
 * You could use [this](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/category_description)
   template tag. You most probably need to use category.php or I guess you could
   could put it inside conditional tags in index.php if you don’t have category.
   php.
 *  Thread Starter [armageddondesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/armageddondesign/)
 * (@armageddondesign)
 * [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-category-description/#post-180984)
 * Minna,
 * Thank you VERY much. That works perfectly. 😀
 * The launch of the site I’m working on is tonight, so I’ll be posting the link
   tomorrow, so everyone can see what I’ve been trying to get help with for 2 weeks.
   😀

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 * Last reply from: [armageddondesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/armageddondesign/)
 * Last activity: [21 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-category-description/#post-180984)
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