How to Add & Display Category Descriptions in WordPress

Using WordPress categories is a good way to structure and organize your website’s content by topics. You might want to add descriptions to those categories for different purposes.

While it’s a simple process, it’s not that obvious in WordPress. Additionally, some WordPress themes won’t show the category description on the category page.

How to add a category description

Login to your WordPress admin and go to Posts – Categories. Then, click on Edit on any category and add your content in the Description field. Click on Update to save.

Now open the category page and see if the