How to have the category description display only on the first page of the archives?

I already explained how you will display the category description below the category title with Elementor Theme Builder. Here I shall show you how you will display the description only on the first page of the archives.

Adding Custom CSS Class into Category Description Widget

At first I add a custom CSS class “el-cat-description” into CSS Classes input box under Advanced tab. You already see that I drag&drop a Text Editor widget and use the dynamic tag “Archive Description”. That widget have Advanced tab. Click on it and put the “el-cat-description” into CSS Classes input box like attached screenshot. This CSS classname would be unique. We’ll use this CSS class in our PHP code and disable the widget for next page(s).

PHP CODE

Now we remove the category description widget for next pages(when you will click on pagination link). Open the function.php file of your active theme and add this small PHP code at end of the file.