Term Description

Display the description of categories, tags and custom taxonomies when viewing an archive.

• Name: core/term-description
• Category: theme
• API Version: 3
• Block Type: Dynamic (server-rendered)

Attributes

Defined via the attributes property in block.json.

This block has no custom attributes.

Supports

Defined via the supports property in block.json.

• anchor: true
• align: "wide", "full"
• html: false
• color:
  • link: true
• spacing:
  • padding: true
  • margin: true
• typography:
  • fontSize: true
  • lineHeight: true
  • textAlign: true
• interactivity:
  • clientNavigation: true

Context

Defined via the usesContext and providesContext properties in block.json.

Uses context:

• termId
• taxonomy

Block Markup

This is a dynamic block. It is rendered on the server and does not save HTML in post content.

In post content, it is stored as a block comment:

<!-- wp:term-description {"align":"full"} /-->

Source

• block.json (reference)
• Source directory — browse edit.js, save.js, index.php, and more.