[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Social Plugin Facebook Share Desription ## - **[Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile")** - [![Hoar's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/28595-hoar) Less More - Posts: 13 - Thank you received: 0 - - 11 years 6 months ago [\#198988](#198988) by [Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile") *[Social Plugin Facebook Share Desription](/forum/4-how-to/876445-social-plugin-facebook-share-desription#198988 "-- Joomla version -- : 2.5 -- PHP version -- : 5 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Trust Deal Hi, is it possible to change the Facebook Share Description, it retrives the product description, iwould like it to retrive the Meta Description in the Product. Thank you")* was created by *[Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile")* -- Joomla version -- : 2.5 -- PHP version -- : 5 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Trust Deal Hi, is it possible to change the Facebook Share Description, it retrives the product description, iwould like it to retrive the Meta Description in the Product. Thank you Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzg3NjQ0NS1zb2NpYWwtcGx1Z2luLWZhY2Vib29rLXNoYXJlLWRlc3JpcHRpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Jerome](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile")** - [![Jerome's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar80.png)](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile") - [ Away](/forum/user/80-jerome) - HikaShop core developer Less More - Posts: 26394 - Thank you received: 4078 - - [](http://obsi.dev) - 11 years 6 months ago [\#198989](#198989) by [Jerome](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile") Replied by *[Jerome](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile")* on topic *[Social Plugin Facebook Share Desription](/forum/4-how-to/876445-social-plugin-facebook-share-desription#198989 "-- Joomla version -- : 2.5 -- PHP version -- : 5 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Trust Deal Hi, is it possible to change the Facebook Share Description, it retrives the product description, iwould like it to retrive the Meta Description in the Product. Thank you")* Hi, It requires to modify the plugin itself ; so it is possible but it's not recommended if you want to update HikaShop afterwards (because you will lost your modification with the update). Regards, --- Jerome - Obsidev.com HikaMarket & HikaSerial developer / HikaShop core dev team. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzg3NjQ0NS1zb2NpYWwtcGx1Z2luLWZhY2Vib29rLXNoYXJlLWRlc3JpcHRpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile")** - [![Hoar's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/28595-hoar) Less More - Posts: 13 - Thank you received: 0 - - 11 years 6 months ago [\#199309](#199309) by [Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile") Replied by *[Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile")* on topic *[Social Plugin Facebook Share Desription](/forum/4-how-to/876445-social-plugin-facebook-share-desription#199309 "-- Joomla version -- : 2.5 -- PHP version -- : 5 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Trust Deal Hi, is it possible to change the Facebook Share Description, it retrives the product description, iwould like it to retrive the Meta Description in the Product. Thank you")* I Have no plan to update, so can you tell me where i can do the changes in the plugin please. Thank you Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzg3NjQ0NS1zb2NpYWwtcGx1Z2luLWZhY2Vib29rLXNoYXJlLWRlc3JpcHRpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")** - [![Xavier's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar4105.png)](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/4105-xavier) Less More - Posts: 13201 - Thank you received: 2322 - - - - [](http://www.kidiweb.fr) - 11 years 6 months ago [\#199311](#199311) by [Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") Replied by *[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")* on topic *[Social Plugin Facebook Share Desription](/forum/4-how-to/876445-social-plugin-facebook-share-desription#199311 "-- Joomla version -- : 2.5 -- PHP version -- : 5 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Trust Deal Hi, is it possible to change the Facebook Share Description, it retrives the product description, iwould like it to retrive the Meta Description in the Product. Thank you")* Hi, So you have to edit the file "plugins/system/hikashopsocial/hikashopsocial.php" in the function "_addFacebookButton()" replace: Code: $this->meta['property="og:description"'] = '<meta property="og:description" content="'.htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($element->description), ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8').'"/> '; By: Code: $this->meta['property="og:description"'] = '<meta property="og:description" content="'.htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($element->product_meta_description), ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8').'"/> '; Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzg3NjQ0NS1zb2NpYWwtcGx1Z2luLWZhY2Vib29rLXNoYXJlLWRlc3JpcHRpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile")** - [![Hoar's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/28595-hoar) Less More - Posts: 13 - Thank you received: 0 - - 11 years 6 months ago [\#199413](#199413) by [Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile") Replied by *[Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile")* on topic *[Social Plugin Facebook Share Desription](/forum/4-how-to/876445-social-plugin-facebook-share-desription#199413 "-- Joomla version -- : 2.5 -- PHP version -- : 5 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Trust Deal Hi, is it possible to change the Facebook Share Description, it retrives the product description, iwould like it to retrive the Meta Description in the Product. Thank you")* Hi, Thank you for the info. i did what written before but no luck, everytime i press the share button it keeps retrieving the product description. thank you Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzg3NjQ0NS1zb2NpYWwtcGx1Z2luLWZhY2Vib29rLXNoYXJlLWRlc3JpcHRpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile")** - [![Hoar's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/28595-hoar) Less More - Posts: 13 - Thank you received: 0 - - 11 years 6 months ago [\#199414](#199414) by [Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile") Replied by *[Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile")* on topic *[Social Plugin Facebook Share Desription](/forum/4-how-to/876445-social-plugin-facebook-share-desription#199414 "-- Joomla version -- : 2.5 -- PHP version -- : 5 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Trust Deal Hi, is it possible to change the Facebook Share Description, it retrives the product description, iwould like it to retrive the Meta Description in the Product. Thank you")* i have attached the file so you can see if i have done it correctly. thank you Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzg3NjQ0NS1zb2NpYWwtcGx1Z2luLWZhY2Vib29rLXNoYXJlLWRlc3JpcHRpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")** - [![Xavier's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar4105.png)](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/4105-xavier) Less More - Posts: 13201 - Thank you received: 2322 - - - - [](http://www.kidiweb.fr) - 11 years 6 months ago [\#199427](#199427) by [Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") Replied by *[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")* on topic *[Social Plugin Facebook Share Desription](/forum/4-how-to/876445-social-plugin-facebook-share-desription#199427 "-- Joomla version -- : 2.5 -- PHP version -- : 5 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Trust Deal Hi, is it possible to change the Facebook Share Description, it retrives the product description, iwould like it to retrive the Meta Description in the Product. Thank you")* Hi, My bad, wrong modification, please revert back the code to: Code: $this->meta['property="og:description"'] = '<meta property="og:description" content="'.htmlspecialchars(strip_tags($element->description), ENT_COMPAT,'UTF-8').'"/> '; And then in the function "_getElementInfo()" replace: Code: $ret->description = $element->product_description; By: Code: $ret->description = $element->product_meta_description; Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzg3NjQ0NS1zb2NpYWwtcGx1Z2luLWZhY2Vib29rLXNoYXJlLWRlc3JpcHRpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile")** - [![Hoar's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/28595-hoar) Less More - Posts: 13 - Thank you received: 0 - - 11 years 6 months ago [\#199561](#199561) by [Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile") Replied by *[Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile")* on topic *[Social Plugin Facebook Share Desription](/forum/4-how-to/876445-social-plugin-facebook-share-desription#199561 "-- Joomla version -- : 2.5 -- PHP version -- : 5 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Trust Deal Hi, is it possible to change the Facebook Share Description, it retrives the product description, iwould like it to retrive the Meta Description in the Product. Thank you")* Hi, i have done the changes and i cannot see the Meta description. 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Thank you")* Hi, The previous code must work, but as I remember Facebook has a kind of cache, so the changes may take time to appear correctly. I will have a deeper look at the Facebook API. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzg3NjQ0NS1zb2NpYWwtcGx1Z2luLWZhY2Vib29rLXNoYXJlLWRlc3JpcHRpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile")** - [![Hoar's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/28595-hoar) Less More - Posts: 13 - Thank you received: 0 - - 11 years 6 months ago [\#200248](#200248) by [Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile") Replied by *[Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile")* on topic *[Social Plugin Facebook Share Desription](/forum/4-how-to/876445-social-plugin-facebook-share-desription#200248 "-- Joomla version -- : 2.5 -- PHP version -- : 5 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Trust Deal Hi, is it possible to change the Facebook Share Description, it retrives the product description, iwould like it to retrive the Meta Description in the Product. Thank you")* Hi, the changes still haven't been done. thank you Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzg3NjQ0NS1zb2NpYWwtcGx1Z2luLWZhY2Vib29rLXNoYXJlLWRlc3JpcHRpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")** - [![Xavier's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar4105.png)](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/4105-xavier) Less More - Posts: 13201 - Thank you received: 2322 - - - - [](http://www.kidiweb.fr) - 11 years 6 months ago [\#200284](#200284) by [Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") Replied by *[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")* on topic *[Social Plugin Facebook Share Desription](/forum/4-how-to/876445-social-plugin-facebook-share-desription#200284 "-- Joomla version -- : 2.5 -- PHP version -- : 5 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Trust Deal Hi, is it possible to change the Facebook Share Description, it retrives the product description, iwould like it to retrive the Meta Description in the Product. Thank you")* Hi, So if the changes has no effect, please try to disable the plugin and see if you still have the meta tag in the page content. If it is, so it come from another plugin/component, that don't come from HikaShop. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzg3NjQ0NS1zb2NpYWwtcGx1Z2luLWZhY2Vib29rLXNoYXJlLWRlc3JpcHRpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile")** - [![Hoar's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/28595-hoar) Less More - Posts: 13 - Thank you received: 0 - - 11 years 6 months ago [\#200354](#200354) by [Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile") Replied by *[Hoar](/forum/user/28595-hoar "View Hoar's Profile")* on topic *[Social Plugin Facebook Share Desription](/forum/4-how-to/876445-social-plugin-facebook-share-desription#200354 "-- Joomla version -- : 2.5 -- PHP version -- : 5 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Trust Deal Hi, is it possible to change the Facebook Share Description, it retrives the product description, iwould like it to retrive the Meta Description in the Product. Thank you")* Hi, I did what you written but no luck, I noticed in the plugin there are 2 hikashop social network plug, I enabled the system but nothing happens, I disable the content plugin and the social network goes away. 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Thank you")* Hi, Please disable the content plugin, and enable the system one with the indicated code changes. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzg3NjQ0NS1zb2NpYWwtcGx1Z2luLWZhY2Vib29rLXNoYXJlLWRlc3JpcHRpb24/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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