Display taxonomy description with Genesis shortcode

[asterbird]

I have a custom taxonomy called 'attractions' with description field that normally doesn't show up on the frontend.

How do I display this?

I am using this Genesis shortcode in my theme's functions.php to display the taxonomy:

add_filter( 'genesis_post_meta', 'display_attractions_taxonomy' );
function display_attractions_taxonomy($post_meta) {
$post_meta = '[post_terms before="Nearby Attractions: " taxonomy="attractions"]';
return $post_meta;
}

Now how do I display the description along with it? I scoured the WP / Genesis forums, but can't figure out what I'm looking for. Any tips in the right direction are greatly appreciated!

[vajrasar]

Read this, it may help you -

http://wpmu.org/how-to-display-your-wordpress-category-description-in-your-theme/

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[asterbird]

@vajrasar,  thanks! that was a great article, but I'm not sure if it works for custom taxonomies.

I am able to display the description nicely using the following code in my theme functions.php file.

/**
* Sarah Edit - Customize the post meta function
*/
add_filter( 'genesis_post_meta', 'sarah_attractions_meta' );
function sarah_attractions_meta( $mix_venue ) {
$terms = get_terms( "attractions" );
$count = count($terms);
if ( $count > 0 ) {
echo "Attractions Near " . get_the_title(); // post title for heading
foreach ( $terms as $term ) {
echo "<li>";
// taxonomy title with custom link to its single page
echo "<a href='" . home_url() . "/attractions/" . $term->slug . "' title='See " . $term->name . " - an attraction nearby'>" . $term->name . "</a>";
echo "<br>";
echo "<span>" . $term->description . "</span>";
echo "</li>";
}
}
}

However, this displays all the attractions, not just the ones associated with the post. Maybe I should do a loop? I'm not sure how to do that.

[asterbird]

This works now.  I found the code here, and customized it.

Now it echos the list of terms (for a taxonomy called attractions) associated with the post.

add_filter( 'genesis_post_meta', 'sarah_attractions_meta' );
function sarah_attractions_meta( ) {

$terms = get_the_terms( $post->ID, 'attractions' );

if ( $terms && ! is_wp_error( $terms ) ) :

$attraction_terms = array();

echo "<h4>Attractions Near " . get_the_title() . "</h4>";

foreach ( $terms as $term ) {
echo '<li><a href="' . get_term_link($term->slug, 'attractions') . '">' . $term->name . '</a></li>';
echo '<li>' . $term->description . '</li>';
}

$attractions = join( ", ", $attraction_terms );
endif;
}

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