Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@om4james
Last active March 27, 2023 10:22
Show Gist options
  • Star 30 You must be signed in to star a gist
  • Fork 9 You must be signed in to fork a gist
  • Save om4james/9883140 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save om4james/9883140 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Display product description on WooCommerce shop/category pages
<?php
/**
* Add the product's short description (excerpt) to the WooCommerce shop/category pages. The description displays after the product's name, but before the product's price.
*
* Ref: https://gist.github.com/om4james/9883140
*
* Put this snippet into a child theme's functions.php file
*/
function woocommerce_after_shop_loop_item_title_short_description() {
global $product;
if ( ! $product->post->post_excerpt ) return;
?>
<div itemprop="description">
<?php echo apply_filters( 'woocommerce_short_description', $product->post->post_excerpt ) ?>
</div>
<?php
}
add_action('woocommerce_after_shop_loop_item_title', 'woocommerce_after_shop_loop_item_title_short_description', 5);
@kadsyy
Copy link

kadsyy commented Jul 6, 2020

Using get_the_excerpt() will eliminates the "Product properties should not be accessed directly" error.
Thanks @mrwweb

@maciejskoc
Copy link

Hi!
How to change this code when I need to show "tab-description" instead of short description?

@mimsumaiya
Copy link

thanks a lot

@criespy
Copy link

criespy commented Aug 10, 2020

Thanks om4james, it works perfectly
I added some limit for displaying character, and match my website

@pxvlv
Copy link

pxvlv commented Oct 29, 2020

Hi everybody,
how can I "echo" only first <p class="myclass"> element contained inside the woocommerce_short_description?
I guess using something like $html->find('p.myclass[1] p') but how do I code it inside woocommerce_after_shop_loop_item_title_short_description function?
I'm not a coder at all, can someone help me please?
Many thanks :-)
Marcella

Hi everyone.
Could anyone of you mighty and brave php experts provide a solution for that?
Thanks in advance :)

@kentunetexas
Copy link

This worked great, BUT.... can someone help me figure out how to only show the short description for certain product categories?

@scaliebloke
Copy link

Hi,

I am also looking for what kentunetexas is looking for

This worked great, BUT.... can someone help me figure out how to only show the short description for certain product categories?

Hey mate, did you ever find a solution to this at all?

Kind regards.

@kentunetexas
Copy link

kentunetexas commented Jun 3, 2021 via email

@JOY
Copy link

JOY commented Jul 22, 2021

Hello all. There is one issue with this code. If I format the short description text in the product page, it will be formatted on Shop page as well.
Could anyone help me to keep the text on shop page unformatted?

@JOY
Copy link

JOY commented Jul 22, 2021

Thanks @mrwweb . Works well on the category page. Only description we use are rather long so will need to shorten them some with something like

add_filter( 'woocommerce_short_description', 'prefix_filter_woocommerce_short_description' );
/**
 * Limit WooCommerce Short Description Field
 */
function prefix_filter_woocommerce_short_description( $post_post_excerpt ) { 
    // make filter magic happen here... 
    if(! is_product() ) { // add in conditionals
        $text = $post_post_excerpt; 
        $words = 10; // change word length
        $more = ' […]'; // add a more cta
        
        $post_post_excerpt = wp_trim_words( $text, $words, $more );
    }
    return $post_post_excerpt; 
}; 

as shared by Neil Gee https://gist.github.com/neilgee/c0834345db048429e3efb8ff47e3478d#file-get-shorty-php

This doesn't work to me. The code of @mrwweb work.

@lobebe
Copy link

lobebe commented Dec 6, 2021

This works perfectly in functions.php

@d4v1dc1987
Copy link

What if I would like to filter only the first paragraph of the short description instead of trim words?

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment