Title: WordPress Category Description Problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress Category Description Problem

 *  [themespoint](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themespoint/)
 * (@themespoint)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-category-description-problem/)
 * Hi,
 * Whenever i use the command <?php echo category_description(); ?> it generate 
   the code like:
 * <p>category description etc…</p>
 * But i want to remove this <p> and </p> before and after the category description.
 * Can anybody help me solve this problem?

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 *  [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
 * (@doodlebee)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-category-description-problem/#post-1884761)
 * You can remove the paragraph tags, but it requires some code. Your best bet would
   be to leave it alone, and just use CSS to change how the P tag is displayed. 
   So in your theme file:
 * `<div class="cat_desc"><?php echo category_description(); ?></div>`
 * and in your CSS:
 * `div.cat_desc p { display:inline; }`
 * If there’s a block-level element before the P tag (such as an <h2> tag or something)
   then it’ll still push it to the next line. So in that case, you could do:
 *     ```
       <div class="cat_desc">
       <h2><?php get_the_categry(); ?></h2>
       <?php echo category_description(); ?>
       </div>
       ```
   
 * and in your css:
 * `div.cat_desc h2, div.cat_desc p { display:inline; }`

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 * [category description](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/category-description/)
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 * Last reply from: [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-category-description-problem/#post-1884761)
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