Here is the code;

<?php echo category_description(); ?>

You can add this lines to archive.php (category section) or where you want. Selected category’s description shown after title. You can add css templates for this. Look at more information ;)

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Here is the code;

Add this code to your theme’s functions.php and use shortcode in your teheme.

function myLoop($atts, $content = null) {
	extract(shortcode_atts(array(
		"pagination" => 'true',
		"query" => '',
		"category" => '',
	), $atts));
	global $wp_query,$paged,$post;
	$temp = $wp_query;
	$wp_query= null;
	$wp_query = new WP_Query();
	if($pagination == 'true'){
		$query .= '&paged='.$paged;
	}
	if(!empty($category)){
		$query .= '&category_name='.$category;
	}
	if(!empty($query)){
		$query .= $query;
	}
	$wp_query->query($query);
	ob_start();
	?>
	<h2><?php echo $category; ?></h2>
	<ul class="loop">
	<?php while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); ?>
		<li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php echo $thumbnail_image; the_title(); ?></a></li>
	<?php endwhile; ?>
	</ul>
	<?php if(pagination == 'true'){ ?>
	<div class="navigation">
	  <div class="alignleft"><?php previous_posts_link('« Previous') ?></div>
	  <div class="alignright"><?php next_posts_link('More »') ?></div>
	</div>
	<?php } ?>
	<?php $wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp;
	$content = ob_get_contents();
	ob_end_clean();
	return $content;
}
add_shortcode("loop", "myLoop");

ShortCode;

[loop category="news" query="" pagination="false"]

That’s All. Have a nice day!

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Here is the code;

First Create an information and name area;

<?php
/*
Template Name: Archive page
*/
?>

After that add these lines for page template; with this code you list all your articles.

<?php
$posts_to_show = 100; //Max number of articles to display
$debut = 0; //The first article to be displayed
?>
<?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<ul>
<?php
$myposts = get_posts('numberposts=$posts_to_show&offset=$debut');
foreach($myposts as $post) :
?>
<li><?php the_time('d/m/y') ?>: <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
<?php endwhile; ?>

And add these lines for category and the others…

<?php while(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<h2>Categories</h2>
<ul><?php wp_list_cats('sort_column=name&optioncount=1') ?></ul>
<h2>Monthly Archives</h2>
<ul><?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly&show_post_count=1') ?></ul>
<?php endwhile; ?>

Now, save the articles.php and upload to your template’s area. Go to Pages > New Page and select the Page Template with Archives.php.

That’s All…

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