custom_prevent_cat_description_output

custom_prevent_cat_description_output.php

add_filter('widget_categories_args', 'custom_widget_categories_args_filter', 11, 1);
/* 
 * removes the "category description" from being displayed as the title tag in the category link for the "categories" widget 
 * not sure why they decided to do this by default - it's a dumb feature - but at least it can be filtered
 * add this to the code snippets plugin 
 * reference: https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/widget_categories_args
 */
function custom_widget_categories_args_filter( $cat_args )
{
   $cat_args['use_desc_for_title'] = false; // bool or int
    return $cat_args;
}