category descriptions

Try:

<?php
global $wp_query;
$category = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
?>
<p>
<?php echo $category->cat_name; ?><br />
(<?php echo $category->category_description; ?>)
</p>

Thanks for the reply, but nothing happens with that code. Any other ideas?

Where are you running the code? Is it being added in a category template (category.php)?

It is in my page.php that I would like to display the category description underneath the main header for the category.

so it would look like
Category name here
(category description here)

[first post in category here]
[second post in category here]
etc…

I’ve disabled all plugins to verify that there isn’t a conflict, and the code still doesn’t work.

I appreciate your help.

Running PHP 4.3.11 and Mysql 4.0+, Apache2

But what is the code? As Pages are not organized under categories, I assume you’re trying to display a category archive list.

Look at the part of whatever you’re using to see how it collects the category name. That should point out how to also get the description.

And note my suggestion above relies on the category query template for use. It will not work elsewhere (without some serious recoding).

Oh, I’m using the archive.php file. Sorry about that.
The code used to pull the category title is:

<h1><?php echo single_cat_title(); ?></h1>

Ok, I’m an idiot newb. I see my error now. Thank you for your kindness.