As of April 2026, Post Type Archive Descriptions is a WordPress archives plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews. It has been downloaded 68K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 137% this week. Top alternative: Disable Author Archives.
5/56 reviews
1.0K+active installs
68K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
Enables an editable description to display on post type archive pages. Show the description with WordPress’s the_archive_description() function that also displays taxonomy term descriptions. Will work automatically with many themes, including most default WordPress themes.
Translations: Archive descriptions are translatable via Polylang, WPML (affiliate link), and qTranslate-X.
The Events Calendar: The archive description is automatically added above the Events Bar when using the latest templates from The Events Calendar. Filter the location of the description or disable it entirely with the ptad_tribe_template_before_include filter.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Still works with WP6.3
by meeee2·2 years ago·1 reply
I almost didn’t try this plugin because of the notice that it hasn’t been tested with the latest versions.
Glad I did because it works great – does exactly what it says and is easy to use 🙂
Fantastic, saved me a lot of work
by Christian Saborio·7 years ago·1 reply
This is such an elegant way to present your users with the option of editing the text of your archives. I simply installed it and after modifying my theme a bit, I was up and running.
Fantastic idea, thank you and keep up the good work!
Nice one
by certainlyakey·8 years ago
A useful and well implemented plugin. If you’re going to use any other post-type global fields it’s better to replace this plugin with a custom field and put all of those on a single options page, but otherwise it does its job well.
Great plugin with an intuitive UI.
by arrubakook·8 years ago
This plugin has been very useful to me, thank you for your contribution!
Fantastic plugin, this should be part of the core!
by SiamKreative·9 years ago·1 reply
Thanks Mark for this awesome plugin! It does exactly what it says.
Is it available on Github? I’d like to contribute.
Download Trends
Today: 8Yesterday: 48This week: 194Period total: 6K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.3.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.5
78.7%
v1.4
8.1%
v1.3
6.2%
v1.1
6.1%
v1.2
0.9%
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Changelog
1.5.0 (October 20, 2023)
- Tested up to 6.3
- Adjust the hook which the description is inserted on TEC and make it easier to filter that hook. props @ethanclevenger91
- Applies all WordPress coding standards sniffs (with one small exception that I’m stuck on). Props @mgratch
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