[Resolved] Adding Category Description to Custom post type archive

[David]

Hello

I’ve added a custom post type called projects and also a taxonomy for the categories called projects-category

I’ve then set up…
single-projects.php
archive-projects.php
content-projects.php
taxonomy-projects-category.php

And set the archive-projects.php and taxonomy-projects-category.php to call in the contents-projects.php now if I try and show the category description below the title header on the category pages it doesn’t show up.

http://185.20.51.60/~bentleysbuilders/projects-category/extensions-renovations/

If I add this to the archive-projects.php page nothing shows…

<?php 
the_archive_description( '<div class="taxonomy-description">', '</div>' ); 
?>

If I add it to the content-projects.php file it shows the description twice…

<?php
/**
 * The template for displaying posts within the loop.
 *
 * @package GeneratePress
 */

if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) {
	exit; // Exit if accessed directly.
}
?>

<?php 
the_archive_description( '<div class="taxonomy-description">', '</div>' ); 
?>

<div class="grid-50 tablet-grid-50 mobile-grid-100">
<?php $backgroundImg = wp_get_attachment_image_src( get_post_thumbnail_id($post->ID), 'full' );?>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><div class="projects-archive-outer">
<div class="project-archive-title">
<!-- POST TITLE -->
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
</div>
<div class="projects-archive-inner" style="background: linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55) 10%, rgba(96, 97, 97, 0) 100%), url('<?php echo $backgroundImg[0]; ?>') no-repeat; background-position: center;background-size: cover;">
</div></div></a>
</div>  

How do I get it to only show up once?

Thanks
Dave

[Tom]

Adding it to the content.php file will loop it (as you’ve found out).

Maybe the_term_description() would work better?

[David]

Hi Tom

This worked…

<?php 
the_archive_description( '<div class="taxonomy-description">', '</div>' ); 
?>

Just needed to add it to taxonomy-projects-category.php not the archive-projects.php for it to appear on that page.

Thanks for your help though.

Dave

[Tom]

Glad you got it working 🙂

[Tony]

Hi,

I have archive-video.php and I’m using
the_archive_description( '<div class="taxonomy-description">', '</div>' );.

The description shows, but it shows outside of

<header class="page-header">
</header>

How can I show it inside of that element?

Thank you

[Tom]

You would use this hook: generate_after_archive_title

So:

add_action( 'generate_after_archive_title', function() {
    if ( is_post_type_archive( 'video' ) ) {
        the_archive_description( '<div class="taxonomy-description">', '</div>' );
    }
} );

[Tony]

That helped, thanks! I wrote you a 5* feedback in the WP plugins directory. You deserve it 🙂

[Tom]

Thank you! Really appreciate it 🙂

[Author]

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