[Resolved] Using custom taxonomy description in dynamic block

[Rinke]

Hi there,

I’m using a custom post type, with custom taxonomy. I’m also using elements to make a content template. Now I want to add a dynamic block containing the description of one of the taxonomies (let’s say: brand). I’ve read through the forum and through your documentation, and while I feel like I’m close, I can’t get it to work.

I tried various things, including choosing a headline-block, selecting dynamic options -> dynamic text data: term meta, and adding ‘brand’ to the meta field name. It doesn’t show up though. Any ideas on how to accomplish this?

Cheers,
Rinke

[David]

Hi there,

try the GP Dynamic Content Block and set it to display the Term Description.

[Rinke]

Hi David,

Thanks for your quick reply. But that won’t let me choose which taxonomy to use.

Also, I now realize my explanation wasn’t complete. I have a taxonomy ‘brand’, with, let’s say, entries ‘company A’ to ‘company E’. These entries have a description associated with each of them. I would like to add a dynamic block to the content template that shows the description of these companies. Thus, when a post is linked to Brand>Company A, I would like to show the description associated with that. Is that possible?

Cheers,
Rinke

[Elvin]

Hi Rinke,

If you need to pick a specific taxonomy, you have to create a helper shortcode for this instead of the dynamic block.

Here’s a PHP snippet for the shortcode:

add_shortcode( 'display_term_desc', function($atts) {
    ob_start();

    $atts = shortcode_atts( array(
		'term_slug' => '',
        'taxonomy' => '',
	), $atts, 'dynamic_wpsp' );
  
    $term = get_term_by( 'slug', $atts['term_slug'], $atts['taxonomy'] );
    $desc = $term->description;
    
    echo $desc;
    return ob_get_clean();
} );

Example usage:

[display_term_desc term_slug="uncategorized" taxonomy="category"]

Where term-slug is the slug of the term and the taxonomy is the taxonomy of the term. This only displays the term description as a string of text. (no html element wrapper).

[Rinke]

Hi Elvin,

Thanks for your reply, that worked! However, I now have to specify the term. Is it possible to make it dynamic so it gets the description of the term which is associated with a post? That way I can use it in a content template in elements.

Cheers,
Rinke

[David]

Try this instead:

add_shortcode( 'display_term_desc', function() {
    $terms = get_the_terms( get_the_ID(), 'category' );
    if ( empty($terms) ) {
        return;
    }
    ob_start();

    echo term_description( $terms[0]->term_id, 'category' );

    return ob_get_clean();
        
} );

[Rinke]

Hi David,

Thanks for your quick reply! However, it does not seem to work. I tried replacing ‘category’ with the name of the taxonomy. I’m using custom post types and a custom taxonomy. Might that have anything to do with it?

Cheers,
Rinke

[David]

Made a tweak to the code above:
https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/using-custom-taxonomy-description-in-dynamic-block/#post-1969385

[Rinke]

Thank you so much! It works perfectly now!

[David]

Glad to hear that!

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