How to use a shortcodce in a Custom Field

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January 16, 2015 at 8:42 pm #27728

amstourist
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Hello from Amsterdam!

I want to use a shortcode in a Form Field. How can I do that?
At this time the shortcode doesn’t work, it only shows the shortcode and not the searchbox that supposed to show up with that shortcode.

Hope you can help me on this, because it’s an important item for the design and usage of my wesbite…..

Cheers, Jan

January 16, 2015 at 9:06 pm #27729

Paolo
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Hi,

this is not possible. Personally I would add the shortcode to the template with a function.

Thx

January 16, 2015 at 9:57 pm #27731

amstourist
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Ho @paolo,

Using a shortcode in template with a function doesn’t work for me. For every listing it’s a different shortcode…

Is there any other option?
A shortcode does work on the “Property Information” tab….

Cheers, Jan

January 17, 2015 at 1:51 pm #27780

Stiofan O’Connor
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Hi Jan,

May i ask what this is for? And where exactly you want it?

Stiofan

January 17, 2015 at 8:11 pm #27828

Paolo
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Hi,

by default on wordpress, shortcode are only parsed in the content of the posts.

They do not work in custom fields unless the function that displays them is wrapped in a do_shortcode() function, which is not the case with GD, because custom fields are dynamic and wrapping them all in do_shortcode by default would make the code redundant.

I ask this to Stiofan, why don’t we add a shortcode ready custom field between the possible options?

Let us know,

Thx

January 18, 2015 at 10:03 pm #27913

amstourist
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Thx Paolo!

I’m using a plugin to search and book hotels on booking.com:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bookingcom-affiliate-plugin/

It works with shortcodes, so I can make a hotel searchbox for each hotel. So I need that searchbox on one of the field options….

But….. I think I found another solution. Just have to test it. There is another booking.com plugin:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bookingcom-official-searchbox/

This plugin works with widgets. I have to set a widget area in a sidebar with this plugin (thats possible with WPGeodirectory) and specify a destination per post using meta Boxes.
I think this would be even more easier for me….

I’ll let you know if it works…

But anyway many thx in advance for listening to me…. 😉
Keep you posted if I still need a solution…

Cheers, Jan
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