[term_description]

The shortcode displays the description of a term (category, tag, or custom taxonomy).

Product

Launchpad Platform

Shortcode Attributes

  1. id – Term ID. If not provided, the shortcode will use the current term.
    • Options: Any numeric value.
  2. taxonomy – The taxonomy of the term (e.g., category, post_tag, or custom taxonomy).
    • Options: Any text value.
  3. use_main – Determines whether to use a custom field value
    • Default: on.
    • Options: on, off. Specify one only.
  4. label – A label to display before the term description.
    • Options: Any text value.

Shortcode Enclosed Content

Any content placed between [term_description] and [/term_description] will be used as a template, where {content} acts as a placeholder for the post description.

Example Usage

Example 1 

[term_description label="Category Description: "]

Results

<label>Category Description: </label> This is the description for the current term.
This example displays the term description with a label “Category Description: ” before it.
If the term or description is not found, the shortcode will return an empty string.

Example 2

[term_description id="123" taxonomy="category"]

Results

This example displays the description of the term with ID 123 from the category taxonomy.

Example 3

[term_description]<div class="custom-class">{content}</div>[/term_description]

Results

<div class="custom-class">This is the description for the current term.</div>
This example displays wrap the description in custom HTML by providing content within the shortcode.
The {content} placeholder is used to dynamically insert the term description into custom content.