Retrieves category description.

$category int Optional

Category ID. Defaults to the current category ID.

string Category description, if available.

If used in the archive.php template, place this function within the is_category() conditional statement.
Otherwise, this function will stop the processing of the page for monthly and other archive pages.

File: wp-includes/category-template.php. View all references

function category_description( $category = 0 ) {
	return term_description( $category );
}