Reply To: Custom Text Field Won't Output Shortcode Data

• sc456a

• June 11, 2016 at 11:49 am

I tried adding that code from the example to functions.php but it had no effect. Let me know you what I’ve got:

Custom field set to text area with the slug “shortcode_field”. It would be nice to filter just for that field rather than all textarea fields, but acf/load_value/name={$shortcode_field} doesn’t seem to be working, either.

Funtions.php:

function text_area_shortcode($value, $post_id, $field) {
  if (is_admin()) {
    // don't do this in the admin
    // could have unintended side effects
    return;
  }
  do_shortcode($value);
  return $value;
}
add_filter('acf/load_value/type=textarea', 'text_area_shortcode', 10, 3);

Shortcode on page:
[acf field="shortcode_field"]

also tried:

[acf field="{$shortcode_field}"]

Appreciate your help!