diff --git a/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/products.js b/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/products.js
index 869fb0ac94..96b24abf80 100644
--- a/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/products.js
+++ b/assets/js/src/newsletter_editor/blocks/products.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Module.ProductsBlockModel = base.BlockModel.extend({
       terms: [], // List of category and tag objects
       search: '', // Search keyword term
       inclusionType: 'include', // 'include'|'exclude'
-      displayType: 'titleOnly', // 'short'|'full'|'titleOnly'
+      displayType: 'excerpt', // 'excerpt'|'full'|'titleOnly'
       titleFormat: 'h1', // 'h1'|'h2'|'h3'
       titleAlignment: 'left', // 'left'|'center'|'right'
       titleIsLink: false, // false|true
diff --git a/lib/Newsletter/Editor/PostContentManager.php b/lib/Newsletter/Editor/PostContentManager.php
index abdc397fd9..ec5f0681fd 100644
--- a/lib/Newsletter/Editor/PostContentManager.php
+++ b/lib/Newsletter/Editor/PostContentManager.php
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
 namespace MailPoet\Newsletter\Editor;
+use MailPoet\WooCommerce\Helper as WooCommerceHelper;
 use MailPoet\WP\Functions as WPFunctions;
 
 if (!defined('ABSPATH')) exit;
@@ -10,23 +11,35 @@ class PostContentManager {
 
   public $max_excerpt_length = 60;
 
+  /** @var WooCommerceHelper */
+  private $woocommerce_helper;
 
   function __construct() {
     $wp = new WPFunctions;
     $this->max_excerpt_length = $wp->applyFilters('mailpoet_newsletter_post_excerpt_length', $this->max_excerpt_length);
+    $this->woocommerce_helper = new WooCommerceHelper();
   }
 
   function getContent($post, $displayType) {
+    $product = null;
+    if ($this->woocommerce_helper->isWooCommerceActive() && $post->post_type === 'product') {
+      $product = wc_get_product($post->ID);
+    }
     if ($displayType === 'titleOnly') {
       return '';
     } elseif ($displayType === 'excerpt') {
-      // get excerpt
+      if ($product) {
+        return $product->get_short_description();
+      }
       if (!empty($post->post_excerpt)) {
         return self::stripShortCodes($post->post_excerpt);
       } else {
         return $this->generateExcerpt(self::stripShortCodes($post->post_content));
       }
     } else {
+      if ($product) {
+        return $product->get_description();
+      }
       return self::stripShortCodes($post->post_content);
     }
   }
diff --git a/tasks/phpstan/bootstrap.php b/tasks/phpstan/bootstrap.php
index 29863ca024..8256eb9c73 100644
--- a/tasks/phpstan/bootstrap.php
+++ b/tasks/phpstan/bootstrap.php
@@ -24,3 +24,6 @@ function wc_price(float $price, array $args = []): string {
   return '';
 }
 
+function wc_get_product($the_product = false, $deprecated = array()) {
+	return null;
+}
diff --git a/views/newsletter/editor.html b/views/newsletter/editor.html
index a9aa00b158..e522c84511 100644
--- a/views/newsletter/editor.html
+++ b/views/newsletter/editor.html
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@
           contentType: 'product',
           postStatus: 'publish', // 'draft'|'pending'|'publish'
           inclusionType: 'include', // 'include'|'exclude'
-          displayType: 'titleOnly', // 'short'|'full'|'titleOnly'
+          displayType: 'excerpt', // 'excerpt'|'full'|'titleOnly'
           titleFormat: 'h1', // 'h1'|'h2'|'h3'
           titleAlignment: 'left', // 'left'|'center'|'right'
           titleIsLink: false, // false|true
diff --git a/views/newsletter/templates/blocks/products/settingsDisplayOptions.hbs b/views/newsletter/templates/blocks/products/settingsDisplayOptions.hbs
index 537d286636..004c274aa6 100644
--- a/views/newsletter/templates/blocks/products/settingsDisplayOptions.hbs
+++ b/views/newsletter/templates/blocks/products/settingsDisplayOptions.hbs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     </div>
     <div class="mailpoet_form_field_radio_option">
         <label>
-            <input type="radio" name="mailpoet_products_display_type" class="mailpoet_products_display_type" value="short" {{#ifCond model.displayType '==' 'short'}}CHECKED{{/ifCond}}/>
+            <input type="radio" name="mailpoet_products_display_type" class="mailpoet_products_display_type" value="excerpt" {{#ifCond model.displayType '==' 'excerpt'}}CHECKED{{/ifCond}}/>
             <%= __('Title and a short description') %>
         </label>
     </div>