Using get_field to create a shortcode

• Preserved

• May 16, 2019 at 7:16 am

Hi, I’m trying to use get_field to get the field value, and save it as a shortcode by creating a function first.

function get_homepage_excerpt() {
$myfield = get_field(‘homepage_excerpt’);
return $myfield;
}
add_shortcode( ‘homepageexcerpt’, ‘get_homepage_excerpt’ );

This seems simple, yet is not working. Am I missing something?

• John Huebner

• May 18, 2019 at 1:36 am

You have to supply the post ID of the home page if you are trying to do this on a different page

$myfield = get_field('homepage_excerpt', $home_page_id);