Add category description if it exists

Posted February 28th, 2014

Updated August 8th, 2017

Add the category description to your category templates, but only if it exists. This also wraps the description in div tags.

<?php
$category_description = category_description();
if ( ! empty( $category_description ) )
echo apply_filters( 'category_archive_meta', '<div class="description">' . $category_description . '</div>' );
?>

<?php

$category_description = category_description();

if ( ! empty( $category_description ) )

echo apply_filters( 'category_archive_meta', '<div class="description">' . $category_description . '</div>' );