{"id":975,"date":"2025-03-24T14:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-to-enable-advanced-editor-for-cpt-description\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:24:31","slug":"how-to-enable-advanced-editor-for-cpt-description","status":"publish","type":"gd_place","link":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/article\/how-tos\/how-to-enable-advanced-editor-for-cpt-description\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Enable Advanced Editor for CPT Description?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tGeoDirectory uses the plain text editor for adding CPT and Listing Descriptions by default. However, you can use the advanced Rich Text Editor for description text as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Using Advanced Editor for CPT Description Field<\/h2>\n<dl>\n<dt>1<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tHead to <strong>CPT &gt; Settings &gt; Custom Fields.&nbsp;<\/strong> <\/dd>\n<p>\t<img width=\"305\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-5z6RNOFjBC.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-5z6RNOFjBC.png 305w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-5z6RNOFjBC-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/p>\n<dt>2<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tLocate the <strong>Description <\/strong>custom field. Click <strong>Show Advanced <\/strong>button.&nbsp;\n<\/dd>\n<p>\t<img width=\"574\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-MhgawGMphV.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-MhgawGMphV.png 574w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-MhgawGMphV-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/p>\n<dt>3<\/dt>\n<dd>\n\tSelect the <strong>Advanced Editor <\/strong>option, and save your settings.&nbsp;\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>\n\t<img width=\"512\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-pgTZi8OKax-512x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-pgTZi8OKax-512x1024.png 512w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-pgTZi8OKax-150x300.png 150w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-pgTZi8OKax.png 563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\n\tYou have successfully enabled the advanced editor for description field text for that particular CPT.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img width=\"635\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-vgivUPBxOD.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-vgivUPBxOD.png 635w, https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/file-vgivUPBxOD-273x300.png 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GeoDirectory uses the plain text editor for adding CPT and Listing Descriptions by default. However, you can use the advanced Rich Text Editor for description text as well.&nbsp; Using Advanced Editor for CPT Description Field 1 Head to CPT &gt; Settings &gt; Custom Fields.&nbsp; 2 Locate the Description custom field. Click Show Advanced button.&nbsp; 3 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"article\/tags":[840,841,838,839],"article\/categories":[211,432],"class_list":["post-975","gd_place","type-gd_place","status-publish","hentry","gd_place_tags-add-a-listing","gd_place_tags-add-cpt","gd_place_tags-advanced-editor","gd_place_tags-rich-text-editor","gd_placecategory-tips-tricks-more","gd_placecategory-how-tos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/975","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=975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"gd_place_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/tags?post=975"},{"taxonomy":"gd_placecategory","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpgeodirectory.com\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/categories?post=975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}