Using other shortcodes inside Place Custom Fields

Hi Dan Keenan,

If you would like to display a 3rd party shortcode in a custom field, you’ll have to apply the script below into your Website. Add this code in via plugin https://wordpress.org/plugins/code-snippets/ OR by adding code in your theme functions.php .

function my_enable_shortcodes_in_cf($html,$location,$cf){
  
    // this line will enable it only for a text input with html var 'textx'
    if(isset($cf['htmlvar_name']) && $cf['htmlvar_name']=='geodir_textx'){
      $html = do_shortcode( $html );
    }
    
    return $html;
}
add_filter('geodir_custom_field_output_text','my_enable_shortcodes_in_cf',15,3);

Furthermore, if you would like to use shortcodes in a “Textarea”, replace the code as shown below.

Replace

add_filter('geodir_custom_field_output_text','my_enable_shortcodes_in_cf',15,3);

With this

add_filter('geodir_custom_field_output_textarea','my_enable_shortcodes_in_cf',15,3);

Thanks!

Hi,

please read the comment inside the code:

// this line will enable it only for a text input with html var 'textx'

Did you try it on a text input with htmlvar textx?

Let us know,

Thanks

Whenever you create a new field you have to assign a htmlvar.

The code you added will only work for a TEXT field that has a htmlvar xtext.

Kor explained how to do the same thing for a textarea. In that case the code changes slightly.

If you are still having trouble, please provide a link and admin credentials and we will have a look.

Thanks