Title: Using wordpress embeds with MLA gallery? Last modified: August 24, 2016 --- # Using wordpress embeds with MLA gallery? * Resolved [stopthepresses](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stopthepresses/) * (@stopthepresses) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-embeds-with-mla-gallery/) * First, thank you so much for all of your work on this plugin! It’s been really invaluable to me for many projects, and I appreciate the really stellar support that’s provided for it, too. * Anyway, my question: * I’m using the shortcode below to display an MLA gallery of products on a client’s page. The client wants to be able to display a Spotify playlist along with each product, which works just fine with WordPress’ “embed” function if I insert it into the actual page editor, but I can’t seem to get it to work at all when it’s integrated into the markup template. I created a custom “spotify_playlist” field using the Advanced Custom Fields plugin, which displays on the image screen in the media library. I’ve tried everything I can think of (and I apologize for my inability to remember/list them all out here). I tried including the wordpress[ embed][/embed] shortcode in the custom field along with the spotify link without any luck, and it didn’t work when I incorporated it into the markup template, among many other failed solutions, but no matter what, the only thing I can get to display is a text string of the Spotify URL. * And, for the code: * The shortcode: * ``` [mla_gallery size="medium" columns=1 mla_style=product-page mla_markup=product-grid attachment_category='wine' attachment_tag='2013' orderby='title' link="image"] ``` * which pulls in the following markup template: * ``` ``` * I’d really appreciate any guidance you can offer here! I’d love to find a way to make this work within MLA, although I know there are other ways to build this as well. Thank you in advance. * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/) Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/) * (@dglingren) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-embeds-with-mla-gallery/#post-6032916) * Thanks for your kind words and for this interesting question. Thanks as well for posting the details of your shortcode and template; very helpful. * As you’ve experienced, shortcodes like `[embed][/embed]` are not processed when extracted form a custom field and added to an `[mla_gallery]` display. The easy way to accomplish your goal is to use the `mla_gallery_item_values` filter in a small custom plugin (or add it to your theme’s `functions.php` file). The code you need will be something like: * ``` /* * Replace the Spotify Playlist URL with the WordPress [embed] output */ if ( isset( $item_values['custom:spotify_playlist'] ) ) { //$item_values['custom:spotify_playlist'] = do_shortcode( '[embed]' . $item_values['custom:spotify_playlist'] . '[/embed]' ); $item_values['custom:spotify_playlist'] = apply_filters('the_content', "[embed]" . $item_values['custom:spotify_playlist'] . "[/embed]"); } ``` * You might think a simple `do_shortcode()` would work, but `[embed]` is special; see the [Function Reference/do shortcode](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/do_shortcode#Examples) example. * You can adapt the `/media-library-assistant/examples/mla-audio-shortcode-example. php.txt` example plugin for a complete solution. Just replace the `if ( isset( self::$shortcode_attributes['my_custom_audio'] ) ) {` code with the code above and you should get what you want. * I am marking this topic resolved, but please update it if you have problems or further questions about adding `[embed]` output to your `[mla_gallery]` display. Thanks for your support and for an interesting application example. * Thread Starter [stopthepresses](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stopthepresses/) * (@stopthepresses) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-embeds-with-mla-gallery/#post-6033005) * Creating a custom plugin for this worked like a charm! Thank you so much for your speedy response, and for now it looks like this is indeed resolved. * Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/) * (@dglingren) * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-embeds-with-mla-gallery/#post-6033010) * Thanks for your update and for the good news. I am happy to hear you were able to create a custom plugin along the lines I suggested. Let me know if you have any other problems or questions regarding an `[embed]` shortcode in your `[mla_gallery]` displays. Thanks for your interest in the plugin. Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘Using wordpress embeds with MLA gallery?’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/media-library-assistant/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=973502) * [Media Library Assistant](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/media-library-assistant/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-library-assistant/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-library-assistant/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-library-assistant/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/media-library-assistant/reviews/) ## Tags * [embed](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/embed/) * [gallery](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/gallery/) * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/) * 3 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/) * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-embeds-with-mla-gallery/#post-6033010) * Status: resolved