wordpress-mobile / wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android

Issue: Allow for editing the category description

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[Type] Enhancement Posting/Editing
Dominant language
Kotlin
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Description

This issue came from App reviews.

make it possible for the app to be able to add descriptions to post categories (taxonomy)

Expected behavior

Users want to be able to edit the category description. Themes often show the category description in the theme templates.

Actual behavior

Currently this is not possible only editing and adding a category title.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

Try to edit a category description by going to Editor > Post Settings > Categories.

Tested on [device], Android [version], WPAndroid [version]

WPAndroid 21.2

cc: @AjeshRPai

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Research direction

Start in the Editor > Post Settings > Categories flow and trace how category titles are currently added or edited. The work is done when users can edit and save a category description there, in addition to its title.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
kotlin
Domain
content, mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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