[wp-hackers] Registering shortcodes for meta boxes

Jeffrey Nolte jnolte at getmoxied.net
Thu Nov 17 22:32:24 UTC 2011


Thank you Steve!  That makes total sense.

-Jeffrey Nolte
On Nov 17, 2011, at 5:27 PM, Steve Taylor wrote:

> Shortcodes get parsed when stuff goes through 'the_content' filter.
> Obviously this automatically gets applied by the_content(), but for
> anything else, either do this:
> 
> echo apply_filter( 'the_content', $my_meta_box_content );
> 
> Or, if you ONLY want the shortcodes parsing (and not everything else
> that's hooked to the_content):
> 
> echo do_shortcode( $my_meta_box_content );
> 
> I think these should do the trick.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> On 17 November 2011 20:21, Jeffrey Nolte <jnolte at getmoxied.net> wrote:
>> Is there a certain way to add a shortcode to  meta box.  The registered shortcode does not seem to be showing up when used in a meta box.
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