Especially when you migrate from a different ecommerce platform to WooCommerce, you may end up placing or importing content in the wrong place.
A lot of confusion, for example, arises when a new WooCommerce store owner needs to understand the difference between the “Long” and the “Short” description. Well, the “Long description” is the one that displays inside the “Description” tab, below the product summary (that section that features the image on the left + add to cart on the right), usually in full width. The “Short description“, on the other hand, is the one that shows on the right hand side of the product image, and is usually… shorter.
Now, what if you don’t use the “Short description” in your WooCommerce store, and you wish to display the “Long description” on the right hand side of the featured image instead? Well, here’s a simple snippet for you. Enjoy!
Let’s remove the short description and display the long one instead!
PHP Snippet: Show Long Description Instead of the Short Description @ Single Product Page
Note: to avoid duplicate content, you may also need to hide the “Description” tab of course, otherwise the Long Description will display twice once the snippet below is installed.
/** * @snippet Long Instead of Short Description @ WooCommerce Single Product * @how-to Get CustomizeWoo.com FREE * @author Rodolfo Melogli * @compatible WooCommerce 8 * @donate $9 https://businessbloomer.com/bloomer-armada/ */ remove_action( ‘woocommerce_single_product_summary’, ‘woocommerce_template_single_excerpt’, 20 ); add_action( ‘woocommerce_single_product_summary’, ‘bbloomer_template_single_long_description’, 20 ); function bbloomer_template_single_long_description() { strip_tags( the_content() ); }
Where to add custom code?
You should place PHP snippets at the bottom of your child theme functions.php file and CSS at the bottom of its style.css file. Make sure you know what you are doing when editing such files – if you need more guidance, please take a look at my guide “Should I Add Custom Code Via WP Editor, FTP or Code Snippets?” and my video tutorial “Where to Place WooCommerce Customization?”
Does this snippet (still) work?
Please let me know in the comments if everything went as expected. I would be happy to revise the snippet if you report otherwise (please provide screenshots). I have tested this code with Storefront theme, the WooCommerce version listed above and a WordPress-friendly hosting.
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Rodolfo Melogli
Business Bloomer Founder
Author, WooCommerce expert and WordCamp speaker, Rodolfo has worked as an independent WooCommerce freelancer since 2011. His goal is to help entrepreneurs and developers overcome their WooCommerce nightmares. Rodolfo loves travelling, chasing tennis & soccer balls and, of course, wood fired oven pizza.
