In the WPDevDesign Facebook group, a user asks:
Hi guys, I want to dynamically display my post category description in the archive page with a "read more" button that will show the rest of the content in an accordion. meaning i only want to show the first 200 or so characters, with a read more button. Is this possible?
Thanks!
This members-only tutorial provides the steps to automatically collapse description text and add a Read More button which when clicked reveals open to show the rest of the text on category archive pages.
When Read More button is clicked:
We shall ensure that the HTML markup gets output and the needed js file gets loaded only if the current category's description is not empty.
Step 1
Install and activate Code Snippets plugin.
Go to Snippets > Add New.
Title: [Function] Get Category Description
Code: