wp-includes/general-template.php:1844Retrieves the description for an author, post type, or term archive.
stringOne hook fires while get_the_archive_description() runs, in this order:
Filters the archive description.
function get_the_archive_description() { if ( is_author() ) { $description = get_the_author_meta( 'description' ); } elseif ( is_post_type_archive() ) { $description = get_the_post_type_description(); } else { $description = term_description(); } /** * Filters the archive description. * * @since 4.1.0 * * @param string $description Archive description to be displayed. */ return apply_filters( 'get_the_archive_description', $description );}Introduced in 4.1.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.
src/wp-includes/general-template.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.