doshortcode() on Message type

• Dave Navarro, Jr.

• February 11, 2015 at 3:34 am

On the back end when adding/editing a new type, I have a “message” field and in that field I have a shortcode [ show_data ]

I created filters for “acf/format_value/type=message” and “acf/load_value/type=message”, but my “do_shortcode()” call is never executed when the metabox is displayed on the back end.

Is there another filter I’m missing?

• James

• July 29, 2015 at 12:10 am

Hi @dnavarrojr

Thanks for the post.

For ACF to render the shortcode markers, hooking into the acf/format_value is enough I am not sure why your shortcode is not being rendered.

How have you created you shortcode marker using the shortcode API?

Please refer to this codex when setting up your shortcodes: http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API

For ACF’s simple text values, the following syntax should be used:
[acf field="field_name" post_id="123"]

• infn8

• March 8, 2016 at 10:37 am

So I’m hooking into this as well and the ONLY way it seems to work is with "acf/load_field/type=message" as the filter. problem is then the definition of the field in the acf-field-group post gets altered as well. this is what I’ve got going on and it works:

// Allow for shortcodes in messages
function acf_load_field_message($field  ) {
	$type = get_post_type();
	if ($type !== "acf-field-group") {
		$field['message'] = do_shortcode($field['message']);
	}
	return $field;
}

add_filter('acf/load_field/type=message', 'acf_load_field_message', 10, 3);

It seems a little fragile and inelegant. Thoughts?

• James

• April 12, 2016 at 3:09 pm

Hi @infn8

The code looks great for me. You can also use the get_current_screen() function to check the post type like this:

// Allow for shortcodes in messages
function acf_load_field_message($field  ) {
    $screen = get_current_screen();
    if ($screen->post_type !== "acf-field-group") {
        $field['message'] = do_shortcode($field['message']);
    }
    return $field;
}
add_filter('acf/load_field/type=message', 'acf_load_field_message', 10, 3);

Thanks!