Meta feed: HTML / CDATA in description accepted but rendered poorly in Meta Shop

Hi @golfball-uhu ,

On your Meta feed, are you perhaps using the rich_text_description  or the regular description attribute? As we output CDATA for formatting, I suggest using rich_text_description

The regular description doesn’t play well with formatting compared to rich text description

Learn more about it here: https://www.facebook.com/business/help/120325381656392?id=725943027795860

Hi @golfball-uhu ,

Try this snippet, add it to your child theme’s function.php or through the WP Code plugin. This will remove any formatting for your description.

/**
 * Product Feed Pro: Strip all HTML/formatting from description output.
 * Removes tags such as <li>, <strong>, <em>, <italic>, etc. so the feed contains plain text only.
 *
 * @param array  $product_data Product data array for the feed.
 * @param object $feed         The feed object.
 * @param object $product      The WC_Product object.
 * @return array Modified product data.
 */
function storefront_pfp_strip_description_formatting( $product_data, $feed, $product ) {
	$description_keys = array( 'description', 'short_description' );
	foreach ( $description_keys as $key ) {
		if ( ! empty( $product_data[ $key ] ) && is_string( $product_data[ $key ] ) ) {
			$product_data[ $key ] = wp_strip_all_tags( $product_data[ $key ] );
			$product_data[ $key ] = preg_replace( '/\s+/', ' ', $product_data[ $key ] );
			$product_data[ $key ] = trim( $product_data[ $key ] );
		}
	}
	return $product_data;
}
add_filter( 'adt_get_product_data', 'storefront_pfp_strip_description_formatting', 5, 3 );

Hi @golfball-uhu ,

Just to confirm the snippet is added and saved because I tried it again and it works: https://www.loom.com/share/815fdd21a63947f0a1d18fad8e2edc8b

Are you perhaps using different ways set the description for the product? Also, do try using the rule and filters(find and replace): https://ibb.co/Cp6jhZDv and find the html code and replace it

Hi @golfball-uhu,

The snippet I’ve provided should work with all types of feed or marketplace.

See video here: https://www.loom.com/share/635d39c2ec34433fa3e7c19c47fdb3cb

But looking at your video, you are using product parent description; The code I’ve provide only works with description and short_description

Here’s an updated code that targets all description field mappings:

function storefront_pfp_strip_description_formatting( $product_data, $feed, $product ) {
	$description_keys = array(
		'description',
		'short_description',
		'raw_description',
		'raw_short_description',
		'mother_description',
		'mother_short_description',
		'variation_description',
		'variation_short_description',
		'raw_parent_description',
		'raw_parent_short_description',
		'raw_variation_description',
		'raw_variation_short_description',
	);
	foreach ( $description_keys as $key ) {
		if ( ! empty( $product_data[ $key ] ) && is_string( $product_data[ $key ] ) ) {
			$product_data[ $key ] = wp_strip_all_tags( $product_data[ $key ] );
			$product_data[ $key ] = preg_replace( '/\s+/', ' ', $product_data[ $key ] );
			$product_data[ $key ] = trim( $product_data[ $key ] );
		}
	}
	return $product_data;
}
add_filter( 'adt_get_product_data', 'storefront_pfp_strip_description_formatting', 5, 3 );

Test it out and it should work now – when added refresh the feed and view the feed via incognito to verify the changes.