Title: Plugin Simply Not Working
Last modified: October 2, 2016

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# Plugin Simply Not Working

 *  Resolved [anthonyrec](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthonyrec/)
 * (@anthonyrec)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simply-not-working/)
 * This is exactly the plugin I’m looking for. I’m excited to get it working but
   it simply just doesn’t do anything. I edit the Enhanced Category Page but the
   category page is unchanged. I am using the Vivacity theme. Please let me know
   if you have any questions.

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 *  [AzzX](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azzx/)
 * (@azzx)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simply-not-working/#post-8271405)
 * Have you tried editing your category template?
 * Point 2 here: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/enhanced-category-pages/installation/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/enhanced-category-pages/installation/)
 *  Thread Starter [anthonyrec](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthonyrec/)
 * (@anthonyrec)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simply-not-working/#post-8304069)
 * Hi! Thank you for replying! I did try to do that. But because I am not a pro 
   developer, I may have done it wrong. Can you be more specific about the steps?
   For Advanced Step #1, when I create the content-ecp.php, do I simply copy and
   paste that provided coding and put it in the theme folder? For step #2, when 
   I add the provided code to my category/taxonomy template, where do I put it? 
   At the top? Bottom? Step #3 is vague for a non-developer. Where do I display 
   a list of categories? Where do I paste that provided code?
 * Any help is appreciated. Thank you! Would love for this plugin to work properly.
 *  Plugin Contributor [danaila_iulian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danaila_iulian/)
 * (@danaila_iulian)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simply-not-working/#post-8307089)
 * Hi Anthony, I’ll try and explain as best as I can 🙂
 * #1 Exactly, just create that file in your theme’s folder.
    #2 Wherever you want
   the content to appear, at the bottom, at the top, doesn’t really matter in the
   great scheme of things. It’s all design. #3 Should already be there, in the category
   template.
 * Thank you!
 *  Thread Starter [anthonyrec](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anthonyrec/)
 * (@anthonyrec)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simply-not-working/#post-8316860)
 * AHh. Still not working. I’m guessing that maybe the theme I’m using has stuff
   that is bugging the plugin. This is the only plugin that enables enhanced categories.
   🙁
 *  Plugin Contributor [danaila_iulian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danaila_iulian/)
 * (@danaila_iulian)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simply-not-working/#post-8533130)
 * Hi Anthony, if you are still having issues, don’t hesitate to contact me at [iulian@danaila.me](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simply-not-working/iulian@danaila.me?output_format=md)
   and we’ll try and solve your issues, which is probably just a simple mistake 
   in the code. Thank you!
 *  Plugin Contributor [danaila_iulian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danaila_iulian/)
 * (@danaila_iulian)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-simply-not-working/#post-8536161)
 * After getting in contact with Anthony by email I managed to solve the problem.
 * The plugin basically hooks into the category_description call in the category
   page of the theme. So, if there is no category_description function call, nothing
   is going to show up. In his case, the theme file used to display categories was
   index.php. So, considering it’s not a category-only file, instead of only adding
   a call to the category_function call, I had to add an ‘if’ to check if we are
   on a category page.
 * I added: `<?php if(is_category()){ echo category_description();} ?>` to the index.
   php file.
 * I can see this situation happening a lot more often from theme creators, not 
   creating a category theme file. I will update the instructions to let users know
   this might be a problem.

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