[benecaster_show_description]
Outputs the show’s short description or full description. The short description — set in Shows → [show] → Settings → Details — is the same field used in the RSS feed as the channel-level description and itunes:summary tags. Designed for show listing cards, homepage widgets, sidebar summaries, and meta description overrides.
If the short description is empty and type=“short”, outputs an empty string — does not fall back to the full description. Use type=“full” for explicit full-description placement.
Description string filterable via benecaster_show_description. Output filterable via benecaster_show_description_output.
Show context: On a single-show install, show_id is auto-resolved when omitted. On a multi-show install, show_id is required on any page that is not a show or episode page; the shortcode outputs an empty string if the show cannot be determined.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
show_id |
int |
auto-resolved on single-show installs; required on multi-show installs outside show/episode context
|
No | ID of the show. On a single-show install, omit to auto-resolve. |
type |
string |
short
|
No | Which description to output. 'short' returns the short/RSS description field; 'full' returns the full show description (post_content). |