Title: Gallery – can't format "Description"
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Gallery – can't format "Description"

 *  [zel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zel/)
 * (@zel)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gallery-cant-format-description/)
 * that’s the part of my attachment-page that’s responsible for showing image description,
   which I put when adding a new media (I’m using standard wordpress gallery):
    
   < ?php the_excerpt(); ?> Well, it shows the description, but it ignores all formatting/
   html. I can’t put a link inside it, can’t bold font, nor even put a < br />! 
   The formatting stays in description field after saving, it doesn’t reset or something.
   How I can make the “Description” to recognize basic html? edit: whatever. Just
   change in loop-attachment.php the_excerpt to the_content.

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 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gallery-cant-format-description/#post-3276494)
 * Can you post a link to the page?
 *  Thread Starter [zel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zel/)
 * (@zel)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gallery-cant-format-description/#post-3276495)
 * I’ve solved the problem. Reader below the edit 🙂

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gallery-cant-format-description/#post-3276495)
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