Ticket #38487: 38487.diff

src/wp-includes/general-template.php

@@ -1549 +1549 @@
 function get_the_archive_description() {
         if ( is_author() ) {
                 $description = get_the_author_meta( 'description' );
+        } else if ( is_post_type_archive() ) {
+                $post_type = get_query_var( 'post_type' );
+                if ( is_array( $post_type ) ) {
+                        $post_type = reset( $post_type );
+                }
+                $post_type_obj = get_post_type_object( $post_type );
+
+                // Check if a description is set.
+                if ( isset( $post_type_obj->description ) ) {
+                        $description = $post_type_obj->description;
+                } else {
+                        $description = '';
+                }
         } else {
                 $description = term_description();
         }