Title: [custom_fields] Shortcode
Last modified: July 24, 2019

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# [custom_fields] Shortcode

 *  [mitch3ll](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitch3ll/)
 * (@mitch3ll)
 * [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom_fields-shortcode/)
 * I cannot find any documentation on how to use this. I’d like to use an ACF field
   in the welcome email. What is the syntax to use this? I just did [custom_fields
   my_field_name] and it didn’t work, as I assumed it wouldn’t.

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## Tags

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 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)

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 * Last reply from: [mitch3ll](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mitch3ll/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom_fields-shortcode/)
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