Title: Replacement for Short_Description
Last modified: July 16, 2026

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# Replacement for Short_Description

 *  Resolved [grezes71](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grezes71/)
 * (@grezes71)
 * [4 days, 15 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacement-for-short_description/)
 * I see that short_description was removed in the 6/10/2026 release. I’m looking
   for a replacement in the shortcode download_data. Is there a way to display custom
   fields with the download_data shortcode? I looked at the documentation and it
   doesn’t seem to be available. Also, the documentation should remove the “short_description”
   option.

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 *  Plugin Author [Teo Alex](https://wordpress.org/support/users/altesin/)
 * (@altesin)
 * [4 days, 12 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacement-for-short_description/#post-18966795)
 * Hello [@grezes71](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grezes71/) ,
   Yes, the **
   Short Description** field was removed from the Download edit page, but you can
   add it back by inserting the following PHP code into your theme’s `functions.
   php` file or by using the Code Snippets plugin:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       add_action( 'add_meta_boxes_dlm_download', function() {    add_meta_box(        'postexcerpt',        __( 'Short Description' ),        'post_excerpt_meta_box',        'dlm_download',        'normal',        'high'    );}, 20 );
       ```
   
 * As for your second question, at the moment there is no way to display Download
   Monitor custom meta fields using the `[download_data]` shortcode.
 * However, we think it’s a great idea, and we’ll be adding support for it in the
   next plugin update, which is planned for later today.
 * The shortcode syntax will remain the same. To display a custom field, simply 
   pass its meta key to the `data` attribute, for example:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       [download_data id="1234" data="my_custom_field"]
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [grezes71](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grezes71/)
 * (@grezes71)
 * [4 days, 6 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacement-for-short_description/#post-18967208)
 * Thank you for giving me options. I look forward to the custom field display.
 *  Plugin Author [Cristian Raiber](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cristianraiber-1/)
 * (@cristianraiber-1)
 * [4 days, 5 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacement-for-short_description/#post-18967271)
 * [@grezes71](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grezes71/) – the new update is
   out and it has what you need 🙂 Can you please test it and confirm?
 *  Thread Starter [grezes71](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grezes71/)
 * (@grezes71)
 * [3 days, 17 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacement-for-short_description/#post-18967613)
 * Custom Field works great for me. Thank you.

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 * Last reply from: [grezes71](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grezes71/)
 * Last activity: [3 days, 17 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/replacement-for-short_description/#post-18967613)
 * Status: resolved