term_description() WP 1.0

Retrieve term description.

No Hooks.

Return

String. Term description, available.

Usage

term_description( $term, $deprecated );

$term(int)

Term ID. Will use global term ID by default.
Default: 0

$deprecated(null)

Deprecated argument.
Default: null

Code of term description: wp-includes/category-template.php ^{WP 5.2.2}

<?php
function term_description( $term = 0, $deprecated = null ) {
	if ( ! $term && ( is_tax() || is_tag() || is_category() ) ) {
		$term = get_queried_object();
		if ( $term ) {
			$term = $term->term_id;
		}
	}
	$description = get_term_field( 'description', $term );
	return is_wp_error( $description ) ? '' : $description;
}

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