{"id":844,"date":"2025-03-24T14:27:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/gd-location-description\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:24:10","slug":"gd-location-description","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/location-manager\/gd-location-description\/","title":{"rendered":"GD > Location Description"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"alert alert-success dashed\">\n\t All Widgets come as Widgets, Shortcodes or Blocks. Learn more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/core-widgets\/what-makes-geodirectory-widgets-special\/\">Super Duper Widgets<\/a>.<\/section>\n<p>\n\t The <strong> Location Description widget<\/strong> displays the current location&#8217;s description to the user. It can be used to show a custom  description for a location page.<\/p>\n<section class=\"alert alert-danger\">\n\t This description is not to be confused with meta description.<\/section>\n<h2>How to Set Location Description? <\/h2>\n<p>\n\t You can set the <strong>Location Description <\/strong>when adding a new location. Alternatively, for existing locations, you can choose to edit them and add descriptions therein.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"alert alert-warning dashed\">\n\t Suggested Reading:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/location-manager\/how-to-add-a-new-location\/\">How to Add a New Location?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/location-manager\/settings-overview-for-locations-add-location\/\">Settings Overview for Locations &gt; Add Location<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<h2>Widget Options<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title<\/strong> <strong>&#8211;<\/strong> The title for the widget. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Example Output<\/h2>\n<p>\n\t Default output, showing the currently active location&#8217;s description on the frontend:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img width=\"479\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-443MI4CI0c.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-443MI4CI0c.png 479w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-443MI4CI0c-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All Widgets come as Widgets, Shortcodes or Blocks. Learn more about our Super Duper Widgets. The Location Description widget displays the current location&#8217;s description to the user. It can be used to show a custom description for a location page. This description is not to be confused with meta description. How to Set Location Description? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[554,572,584,670],"article\/categories":[213,425],"class_list":["post-844","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_place_tags-geodirectory-extensions","gd_place_tags-custom-widgets","gd_place_tags-location-manager","gd_place_tags-location-description","gd_placecategory-extensions-features","gd_placecategory-location-manager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/844","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"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/844\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=844"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}