{"id":2359,"date":"2026-10-20T08:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/hide-description-in-listings\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T08:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:40:21","slug":"hide-description-in-listings","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-tos\/hide-description-in-listings\/","title":{"rendered":"How to hide the description in GeoDirectory listings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What each listing card shows, including the short description, comes from the Archive Item template. GD > Listings, GD > Loop and the category pages all use it, so you hide the description by editing that template, or by giving one block its own template.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hide it everywhere<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to GeoDirectory > Settings > General > Pages and find the Archive item page. Click to edit that page.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the page uses the GD > Simple Archive Item block, open its Description settings and set Word limit to 0.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the page uses separate blocks or shortcodes instead, remove the GD > Post Content block, or the <code>&#091;gd_post_content key=&quot;post_content&quot;&#093;<\/code> shortcode.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update the page and clear any cache.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hide it only in one listings section<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want the description on category pages but not in a row of listings on your home page, make a copy of the Archive Item page without the description. Then point that one GD > Listings block at the copy using Archive Item Template Type (Card Design group) set to Page ID, and pick your new page. With the shortcode it looks like this, where 123 is the new page&#8217;s ID:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-markup\">&#091;gd_listings post_type=&quot;gd_place&quot; sort_by=&quot;az&quot; layout=&quot;3&quot; post_limit=&quot;3&quot; template_type=&quot;page&quot; tmpl_page=&quot;123&quot;&#093;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If the same block looks different on two pages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same GD > Listings settings show the same card on every page. When the description shows on one page and not another, look for a different template_type or tmpl_page setting on one of the blocks, or custom CSS that hides it on one page. Also note the layout numbers: <code>layout=&quot;0&quot;<\/code> is the list view and 1 to 5 are grid views with that many columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the per-element settings that hide items in some grid views, see <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-widgets\/widget-show-hide-options\/\">Widget Show \/ Hide Options<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What each listing card shows, including the short description, comes from the Archive Item template. GD > Listings, GD > Loop and the category pages all use it, so you hide the description by editing that template, or by giving one block its own template. Hide it everywhere Hide it only in one listings section [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[],"article\/categories":[211,432],"class_list":["post-2359","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_placecategory-tips-tricks-more","gd_placecategory-how-tos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gd_place"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2359"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2648,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2359\/revisions\/2648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=2359"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=2359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}