Shortcode as ACF value

• tamadeu

• June 23, 2022 at 11:17 pm

Hey guys. Didn’t have any luck finding an answer for this, so I’m gonna ask you guys.

Is there a way to set a shortcode value for a field?

Situation: i have a shortcode that gets me the USD -> BRL currency conversion in real time.

I want to use this number as a read-only ACF field.

Any tips?

• John Huebner

• June 28, 2022 at 4:22 pm

I am assuming that you want the value of this field to be based on the value of another field?

You might be able to create an acf/prepare_field filter and set the value of the field based on the shortcode. But this would only work after the post was saved.

Or you could use an acf/save_post action to update the value of the field by running the shortcode. Again, it would only show the updated value after the post is saved.