Title: Adding Shortcodes to Excerpts / Custom Fields
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Adding Shortcodes to Excerpts / Custom Fields

 *  Resolved [82concepts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/82concepts/)
 * (@82concepts)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcodes-to-excerpts-custom-fields/)
 * Hi there, first off, I love this plugin and have used it for multiple sites. 
   Excellent job and thank you!
 * I noticed in some of the recent updates the Excerpts no longer allow Shortcodes
   to be used. I actually was hoping to reverse this and allow them to be used, 
   as well as, in Custom Fields. I have another plugin that gives custom fields 
   extra features and in order to use them I need shortcodes to work. I’d prefer
   the Custom Fields to work with shortcodes more over the Excerpts, but both would
   be nice.
 * So far I’ve tried the ideas in the following posts but to no avail:
    [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-list-category-posts-excerpt-keep-formatting-by-editing-catlistphp?replies=13](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-list-category-posts-excerpt-keep-formatting-by-editing-catlistphp?replies=13)
   [http://www.wprecipes.com/how-to-execute-shortcodes-inside-custom-fields](http://www.wprecipes.com/how-to-execute-shortcodes-inside-custom-fields)
 * Thanks in advance!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/list-category-posts/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/list-category-posts/)

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 *  [ohacastle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ohacastle/)
 * (@ohacastle)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcodes-to-excerpts-custom-fields/#post-3231131)
 * I am wondering the same thing. I’d love shortcodes to be used in excerpts or 
   custom fields. Is this possible?
 * Looks like you posted this about 4 months ago, did you figure a work around?
 *  [ohacastle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ohacastle/)
 * (@ohacastle)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcodes-to-excerpts-custom-fields/#post-3231132)
 * I deleted this line from the catlist.php file;
    `$text = strip_shortcodes($text);`
   And the short codes work in the custom fields now!
 *  [ohacastle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ohacastle/)
 * (@ohacastle)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcodes-to-excerpts-custom-fields/#post-3231133)
 * Excuse me, not the custom fields — short codes work in excerpts if you delete
   the line above.
 *  Thread Starter [82concepts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/82concepts/)
 * (@82concepts)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcodes-to-excerpts-custom-fields/#post-3231134)
 * Ohacastle, thanks a million for the response! I think I found a workaround or
   went with another solution at the time. It was a time sensitive project and it
   just needed to be done. I’ll definitely save this for future reference, as I 
   do love this plugin even more than cute pictures of cats on the web (actually
   by far!)
 * So cheers and thanks for the support!
 *  [Samedi S. Amba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skyoyugi/)
 * (@skyoyugi)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcodes-to-excerpts-custom-fields/#post-3231135)
 * Thanks to ohacastle for the answer. Was actually wondering which files to edit

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 * [custom fields](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom-fields/)
 * [excerpts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/excerpts/)

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 * Last reply from: [Samedi S. Amba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skyoyugi/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcodes-to-excerpts-custom-fields/#post-3231135)
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