[Resolved] How do I show the post type description in a post type archive?

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[Oliver]

Tell us what you are trying to do?
I am trying to show the post type description in a post type archive template. I would like it to be at the top of the page, placed via a custom shortcode, above the loop.
Is there any documentation that you are following?
I've searched your forums and can only find instructions on how to add code to functions.php to show post type descriptions in content templates, not on archive pages. Taxonomy archive descriptions are available as a native shortcode already, but not post type descriptions.
Is there a similar example that we can see?

What is the link to your site?

[Christian Cox]

Hi, you can use the same code, modified slightly for post type archives:

function get_post_desc_for_archive( $atts,$content ) {
    global $wp_post_types;
    global $WP_Views;

    $post_type = $WP_Views->post_query->query['post_type'];
    $obj = $wp_post_types[$post_type];
    return $obj->description;
}
add_shortcode( 'get_cpt_desc_for_archive', 'get_post_desc_for_archive' );

Then the shortcode will be:

[get_cpt_desc_for_archive]

[Oliver]

Works perfectly. Thanks!

[Christian Cox]

Hi, I just noticed that I left in an error_log statement by mistake. I have removed that statement from the code above. This statement can be removed from your code as well. It won't affect your code if you leave it in place, but it may write a message into your server logs.