Reply To: Outputting ACF Form from a shortcode in WYSIWYG editor

• John Huebner

• May 7, 2018 at 9:32 pm

The problem is that ACF outputs the form when the shortcode is run and what you need it to do is return the value. To do this you use a PHP output buffer

// before you generate form
ob_start();
	
	$current_id = get_current_user_id();
	$user_id = 'user_' . $current_id;	
	
	$options = array(
	    'post_id' => $user_id,
	    /* my field group grabs unit, home phone, and cell phone acf */
	    'field_groups' => array('3307', ),
	    'submit_value' => 'Update' 
	);
	acf_form( $options );

// after your code
$form = ob_get_clean();
return $form;