Reply To: How to Use print instead of echo to stop shortcode output going at top?

• John Huebner

• December 13, 2015 at 12:56 am

Shortcodes should not echo or output anything. Shortcodes need to return the html that they create.

function rightsidebarf( $atts, $content = null ) {
  $output = '';
  $rows = get_field('caci_side_bar_content', 'option');
  if($rows) {
    foreach($rows as $row) {
      if($row['caci_side_bar_description']) {
        $output = '<a href="'.$row['caci_side_bar_url'].
                  '" alt="'.$row['caci_side_bar_description'].
                  ' '.bloginfo('name').'"><img src="'.
                  $row['caci_side_bar_image'].'" title="'.
                  $row['caci_side_bar_description'].' '.
                  bloginfo('name').'" /></a>';
      } // end if row
    } // end foreach
  } // end if rows
  return $output;
}
add_shortcode('rightsidebar', 'rightsidebarf');