Display Image Object via Shortcode in Front End

• jamesscaggs

• November 15, 2015 at 3:21 am

I have created a custom field for image with return value of image object;

http://screencast.com/t/nqvdJnvscU

I am uploading an image to that field in admin here:
http://screencast.com/t/ucodVNlD6s

I am inserting shortcode into post but it doesn’t pull the actual image object on front end, it just shows the shortcode still like this:
http://screencast.com/t/004qa6Rv8pLc

Can you please help me understand what I am doing wrong?

• John Huebner

• November 15, 2015 at 12:24 pm

The standard ACF shortcodes are only meant for simple fields. If you set the image field to return the URL you could use a shortcode like

<img srd='[acf field="free_transportation_banner"]' />

To use more complicated return values in shortcodes you’d need to write your own shortcode functions.