term_description() │ WP 2.8.0

Retrieve term description.

Uses: get_term_field()
Used By: tag_description(), category_description(), get_the_archive_description()

No Hooks.

Return

String. Term description, if available.

Usage

term_description( $term, $deprecated );
$term(int)
Term ID.
Default: current term ID
$deprecated(null)
Deprecated. Not used.
Default: null

Examples

0

#1 Get a description of the current term (categories, tags, etc.): 

$description = term_description();
echo $description;
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#2 Display the description of the my_tax taxonomy term, which ID is 28: 

echo 'Section description: ' . term_description( '28', 'my_tax' );

Changelog

Since 2.8.0 Introduced.
Since 4.9.2 The $taxonomy parameter was deprecated.

term_description() code WP 6.1.1

wp-includes/category-template.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;
}

Description (of post term)

Taxonomies: categories, tags, ...

Taxonomies (category, tag)