Title: wp_widget_description
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# wp_widget_description( int|string $id ): string|void

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_widget_description/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_widget_description/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_widget_description/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_widget_description/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_widget_description/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_widget_description/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Retrieves description for widget.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_widget_description/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

When registering widgets, the options can also include ‘description’ that describes
the widget for display on the widget administration panel or in the theme.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_widget_description/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$id`int|stringrequired

Widget ID.

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

 string|void Widget description, if available.

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

    ```php
    function wp_widget_description( $id ) {
    	if ( ! is_scalar( $id ) ) {
    		return;
    	}

    	global $wp_registered_widgets;

    	if ( isset( $wp_registered_widgets[ $id ]['description'] ) ) {
    		return esc_html( $wp_registered_widgets[ $id ]['description'] );
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/widgets.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/widgets.php#L451)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/widgets.php#L451-L461)

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

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

Escaping for HTML blocks.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_widget_control()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_widget_control/)`wp-admin/includes/widgets.php` |

Meta widget used to display the control form for a widget.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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