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category_description

Description

Applied to the "description" field categories by the category_description and wp_list_categories functions. Filter function arguments: description, category ID when called from category_description; description, category information array (all fields from the category table for that particular category) when called from wp_list_categories.

This description was scraped automatically from the WordPress filter reference or action reference. If it looks like this is the wrong description, please tell me so I can fix my code.

WordPress version history for category_description

This database has information for all major versions from WP 1.2.1 through 6.2.

Version File Line Type
1.2.1 wp-includes/template-functions-category.php 190 View in context filter
1.5.2 wp-includes/template-functions-category.php 172 View in context filter
1.5.2 wp-includes/template-functions-category.php 318 View in context filter
2.0 wp-includes/template-functions-category.php 177 View in context filter
2.0 wp-includes/template-functions-category.php 328 View in context filter
2.0.11 wp-includes/template-functions-category.php 178 View in context filter
2.0.11 wp-includes/template-functions-category.php 329 View in context filter
2.1 wp-includes/category-template.php 160 View in context filter
2.1 wp-includes/classes.php 585 View in context filter
2.2 wp-includes/category-template.php 168 View in context filter
2.2 wp-includes/classes.php 589 View in context filter
2.3 wp-includes/classes.php 593 View in context filter
2.5 wp-includes/classes.php 636 View in context filter
2.6 wp-includes/classes.php 642 View in context filter
2.7 wp-includes/classes.php 1319 View in context filter
2.8 wp-includes/classes.php 1334 View in context filter
2.9 wp-includes/classes.php 1334 View in context filter
3.0 wp-includes/classes.php 1349 View in context filter
3.1 wp-includes/category-template.php 839 View in context filter
3.2 wp-includes/category-template.php 839 View in context filter
3.3 wp-includes/category-template.php 842 View in context filter
3.4 wp-includes/category-template.php 832 View in context filter
3.5 wp-includes/category-template.php 832 View in context filter
3.6 wp-includes/category-template.php 832 View in context filter
3.7 wp-includes/category-template.php 846 View in context filter
3.8 wp-includes/category-template.php 849 View in context filter
3.9 wp-includes/category-template.php 979 View in context filter
4.0 wp-includes/category-template.php 984 View in context filter
4.1 wp-includes/category-template.php 982 View in context filter
4.2 wp-includes/category-template.php 1008 View in context filter
4.3 wp-includes/category-template.php 1063 View in context filter
4.4 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 113 View in context filter
4.5 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 121 View in context filter
4.6 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 121 View in context filter
4.7 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 121 View in context filter
4.8 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 121 View in context filter
4.9 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 116 View in context filter
5.0 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 116 View in context filter
5.1 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 121 View in context filter
5.2 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 123 View in context filter
5.3 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 119 View in context filter
5.4 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 119 View in context filter
5.5 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 119 View in context filter
5.6 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 119 View in context filter
5.7 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 119 View in context filter
5.8 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 119 View in context filter
5.9 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 125 View in context filter
6.0 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 125 View in context filter
6.1 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 125 View in context filter
6.2 wp-includes/class-walker-category.php 125 View in context filter

Related Hooks

We find related hooks using word stems. category_description has 2 significant word stem(s): category, description. Note that some of the hooks below may not appear in all versions of WP.