Title: WP_Widget_Media::get_default_description
Published: May 25, 2022
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Widget_Media::get_default_description(): string

## In this article

 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media/get_default_description/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media/get_default_description/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media/get_default_description/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media/get_default_description/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Returns the default description of the widget.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media/get_default_description/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 string

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media/get_default_description/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    protected static function get_default_description() {
    	if ( self::$default_description ) {
    		return self::$default_description;
    	}

    	self::$default_description = __( 'A media item.' );
    	return self::$default_description;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-media.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-media.php#L476)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-media.php#L476-L483)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media/get_default_description/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Widget_Media::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media/__construct/)`wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-media.php` |

Constructor.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_media/get_default_description/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [6.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/6.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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