Dynamic select – get option values from shortcode | ww.wp.xz.cn

Resolved MNetto
(@netto)

2 years, 9 months ago
I’d like to use values from a shortcode in a dynamic select drop-down, but the values won’t populate as single options and it looks like this 🙁:
```
-- Please select
"China" "Peru" "Nepal"
```
The tag:
```
[dynamic_select my-select "My-Shortcode"]
```
The shortcode
```
function my_shortcode() {
	$html = '"China" "Peru" "Nepal"';
	return $html;	
}
add_shortcode( 'My-Shortcode', 'my_shortcode' );
```
I tried some variations with double and single quotes, but no success.
Can anyone help me out?

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Plugin Author Tessa (they/them), AuRise Creative
(@tessawatkinsllc)

2 years, 9 months ago
I’d love to help! To use shortcodes with the dynamic select, the return value must be the full HTML for options or option groups. So your shortcode would look like this:
```
function my_shortcode() {
	$html = '<option>China</option><option>Peru</option><option>Nepal</option>';
	return $html;	
}
add_shortcode( 'My-Shortcode', 'my_shortcode' );
```
Here is the DTX documentation for the Dynamic Select that discusses the use of the form tag while this W3 Schools page can explain more on option and optgroup HTML.

Let me know if that works out for you!
Thread Starter MNetto
(@netto)

2 years, 9 months ago
Thank you for your quick response. I changed the shortcode accordingly but all values still end up in a single option:
```
<option value="ChinaPeruNepal">ChinaPeruNepal</option>
```
Plugin Author Tessa (they/them), AuRise Creative
(@tessawatkinsllc)

2 years, 9 months ago

I’ve been able to reproduce your error and will release a fix shortly. Thank you for reporting it!

Plugin Author Tessa (they/them), AuRise Creative
(@tessawatkinsllc)

2 years, 9 months ago

Should be resolved in version 4.0.2 🙂

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Status: resolved