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Title: Problem with custom fields not displaying on download details page in jDownloads 4.0 (Joomla 5)
Post by: annasm on 10.11.2025 08:01:54

Hi everyone,

I'm currently using jDownloads 4.0.36 on Joomla 5.1, and I've run into an issue where my custom fields (created under "Fields" in Joomla) don't appear on the download details page, even though I've assigned them to the "com_jdownloads" context and enabled them for public display.

I've checked template overrides, cleared the cache, and even tried switching to the default Joomla template, but the fields still won't show up.

Is there something I'm missing — like a specific layout file or jDownloads setting that controls the display of Joomla custom fields?

Thanks in advance for any advice or a workaround!

Title: Re: Problem with custom fields not displaying on download details page in jDownloads 4.0 (Joomla 5)
Post by: ColinM on 10.11.2025 10:35:09

Hi
Yes this is a layout item. To display Fields your layout needs to have placeholders
{jdfield_title 'id'} and {jdfield 'id'} where 'id' is the ID of the requested Field
Articles Layouts - Place holders and
Custom css in Layouts

Both of these articles are in section
Layouts

Colin

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jDownloads for Joomla 4.x and 5.x => jDownloads 4.0 => General => Topic started by: annasm on 10.11.2025 08:01:54