diff --git a/src/classes/entities/class-tainacan-item.php b/src/classes/entities/class-tainacan-item.php
index d860626e6..ef1e446dc 100644
--- a/src/classes/entities/class-tainacan-item.php
+++ b/src/classes/entities/class-tainacan-item.php
@@ -498,6 +498,8 @@ class Item extends Entity {
 	 *
 	 *     @type bool        $hide_empty                Wether to hide or not metadata the item has no value to
 	 *                                                  Default: true
+	 *     @type bool        $display_slug_as_class     Show metadata slug as a class in the div before the metadata block
+	 *                                                  Default: false
 	 *     @type string      $before                    String to be added before each metadata block
 	 *                                                  Default '<div class="metadata-type-$type">' where $type is the metadata type slug
 	 *     @type string      $after		                String to be added after each metadata block
@@ -530,7 +532,8 @@ class Item extends Entity {
 			'exclude_description' => false,
 			'exclude_core' => false,
 			'hide_empty' => true,
-			'before' => '<div class="metadata-type-$type">',
+			'display_slug_as_class' => false,
+			'before' => '<div class="metadata-type-$type $id">',
 			'after' => '</div>',
 			'before_title' => '<h3>',
 			'after_title' => '</h3>',
@@ -570,6 +573,12 @@ class Item extends Entity {
 				$item_meta = new \Tainacan\Entities\Item_Metadata_Entity($this, $metadatum_object);
 				if ($item_meta->has_value() || !$args['hide_empty']) {
 					$before = str_replace('$type', $mto->get_slug(), $args['before']);
+					if ($args['display_slug_as_class']) {
+						$before = str_replace('$id', 'metadata-slug-'.$item_meta->get_metadatum()->get_slug() , $before);
+					}
+					else {
+						$before = str_replace(' $id', '', $before);
+					}
 					$return .= $before;
 					$return .= $args['before_title'] . $metadatum_object->get_name() . $args['after_title'];
 					$return .= $args['before_value'] . $item_meta->get_value_as_html() . $args['after_value'];
@@ -635,6 +644,12 @@ class Item extends Entity {
 
 			if ($item_meta->has_value() || !$args['hide_empty']) {
 				$before = str_replace('$type', $fto->get_slug(), $args['before']);
+				if ($args['display_slug_as_class']) {
+					$before = str_replace('$id', 'metadata-slug-'.$item_meta->get_metadatum()->get_slug() , $before);
+				}
+				else {
+					$before = str_replace(' $id', '', $before);
+				}
 				$return .= $before;
 				$return .= $args['before_title'] . $item_meta->get_metadatum()->get_name() . $args['after_title'];
 				$return .= $args['before_value'] . $item_meta->get_value_as_html() . $args['after_value'];