Title: how get attachment description?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# how get attachment description?

 *  [zaasrvr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zaasrvr/)
 * (@zaasrvr)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-get-attachment-description/)
 * Hello,
    How i can display the attachment description of a uploaded image?

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 *  [Amie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sunburntkamel/)
 * (@sunburntkamel)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-get-attachment-description/#post-689472)
 * AFAIK, it only displays when you call `the_content()` on the attachment page.
 *  [Aesqe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aesqe/)
 * (@aesqe)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-get-attachment-description/#post-689523)
 * Basically, every attachment is also a post.
 * So, something like
 * `$attachment->post_content`
 * should output the attachment description.
 * ($attachment being attachment data you pulled out of the database).
 * If you need further explanation please take a look here: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts#Show_attachments_for_the_current_post](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/get_posts#Show_attachments_for_the_current_post)

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-get-attachment-description/#post-689523)
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