Title: [Plugin: Custom Field Template] shortcode
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Custom Field Template] shortcode

 *  [wpelvis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpelvis/)
 * (@wpelvis)
 * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-custom-field-template-shortcode/)
 * Hi
    i would like a shortcode for another plugin (wordtube) to be recognised in
   one of my custom fields. Is that possible.
 * I thought maybe the ‘hook’ option might do this but i couuldn’t find any documentation
   on that.
 * can anyone help?
    thanks elvis

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 *  [issy-m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/issy-m/)
 * (@issy-m)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-custom-field-template-shortcode/#post-973268)
 * Sure you can
    Here’s what you have to do. place this in your functions.php file
   <?php
 * $new_meta_boxes =
    array ( “contact_wp_info” => array ( “name” => “Video”, “std”
   => “”, “title” => “Featured Youtube Video”, “description” => “” ) );
 * function new_meta_boxes()
    { global $post, $new_meta_boxes; $wpcm_tab_index =
   1000; foreach($new_meta_boxes as $meta_box) { $meta_box_value = get_post_meta(
   $post->ID, $meta_box[‘name’].’_wpcm_value’, true); if($meta_box_value == “”) 
   $meta_box_value = $meta_box[‘std’]; echo'<input type=”hidden” name=”‘.$meta_box[‘
   name’].’_noncename” id=”‘.$meta_box[‘name’].’_noncename” value=”‘.wp_create_nonce(
   plugin_basename(__FILE__) ).'” />’; echo'<p><label style=”letter-spacing:1px;
   text-transform:uppercase; color:#777;” for=”‘.$meta_box[‘name’].’_wpcm_value”
   >’.$meta_box[‘title’].'</label>‘; echo'<input style=”padding:4px; font-weight:
   normal; border-top:1px solid #ccc; border-right:1px solid #ddd; border-bottom:
   1px solid #ddd; border-left:1px solid #ccc;” type=”text” name=”‘.$meta_box[‘name’].’
   _wpcm_value” value=”‘.$meta_box_value.'” size=”55″ tabindex=”‘.$wpcm_tab_index.'”/
   ></p>’; $wpcm_tab_index++; } }
 * function create_meta_box()
    { global $theme_name; if ( function_exists(‘add_meta_box’)){
   add_meta_box(‘new-meta-boxes’, ‘Media Information’, ‘new_meta_boxes’, ‘post’,‘
   normal’, ‘high’); } }
 * function save_postdata( $post_id )
    { global $post, $new_meta_boxes; foreach(
   $new_meta_boxes as $meta_box) { // Verify if ( !wp_verify_nonce( $_POST[$meta_box[‘
   name’].’_noncename’], plugin_basename(__FILE__) )) { return $post_id; } if ( ‘
   page’ == $_POST[‘post_type’] ) { if ( !current_user_can( ‘edit_page’, $post_id))
   return $post_id; } else { if ( !current_user_can( ‘edit_post’, $post_id )) return
   $post_id; }
 *  $data = $_POST[$meta_box[‘name’].’_wpcm_value’];
 *  if(get_post_meta($post_id, $meta_box[‘name’].’_wpcm_value’) == “”)
    add_post_meta(
   $post_id, $meta_box[‘name’].’_wpcm_value’, $data, true); elseif($data != get_post_meta(
   $post_id, $meta_box[‘name’].’_wpcm_value’, true)) update_post_meta($post_id, 
   $meta_box[‘name’].’_wpcm_value’, $data); elseif($data == “”) delete_post_meta(
   $post_id, $meta_box[‘name’].’_wpcm_value’, get_post_meta($post_id, $meta_box[‘
   name’].’_wpcm_value’, true)); } }
 * add_action(‘admin_menu’, ‘create_meta_box’);
    add_action(‘save_post’, ‘save_postdata’);
 * ?>
 * Then in your single.php file place the following.
    <div class=”video”> <?php 
   $videos = get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘videos_wpcm_value’, true); ?> <?php $galx
   = $videos; $galx = apply_filters(‘the_content’, $galx ); echo $galx; ?> </div
   >
 * Hope this works for you
 * Happy coding…
 *  [issy-m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/issy-m/)
 * (@issy-m)
 * [17 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-custom-field-template-shortcode/#post-973269)
 * I forgot to mention about the shortcode, it would be something like this in your
   custom field.
    [playlist id=1]
 * Have fun…
 *  [Nagmay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gabrielmcgovern/)
 * (@gabrielmcgovern)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-custom-field-template-shortcode/#post-973299)
 * issy-m,
    Your code rocks and was exactly what I needed for a project. However,
   I would suggest one update:
 * Swap the two elseif statements in save_postdata to be:
 *     ```
       elseif($data == "") delete_post_meta($post_id, $meta_box['name'].'_wpcm_value', get_post_meta($post_id, $meta_box['name'].'_wpcm_value', true));
       elseif($data != get_post_meta($post_id, $meta_box['name'].'_wpcm_value', true)) update_post_meta($post_id, $meta_box['name'].'_wpcm_value', $data);
       ```
   
 * Otherwise, it takes saves to delete blank values.
    Cheers!

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