Text fields – allow or disallow HTML?

• stormlux

• July 12, 2014 at 5:13 am

Hello, I am starting on a new site with ACF Pro and wondering where the option to allow HTML or disallow HTML has been moved on text fields?

Text Fields
I do not see the drop down to allow HTML

Text Areas
The drop down I see for New Lines does not mention HTML. Does this mean HTML is enabled by default?

• Elliot

• July 14, 2014 at 11:40 am

Hi @stormlux

Yes, this setting has been removed, and HTML will render as default.
If you wish to prevent HTML from being rendered, you can use a function like so:

$value = get_field('field_name');
$value = htmlspecialchars($value, ENT_QUOTES);

• Kieran S

• March 17, 2019 at 1:56 pm

Hi,

I’m trying to use the ‘Text Area’ field to inject various scripts.

Each time I save the wp page hosting the field, the html markup including <script> tags gets removed from the field in the backend wp page.

Is there a way to resolve this? Or a diferent field that I sohould be using?

Thanks in advance!