Title: Font user can’t update shotcode
Last modified: May 2, 2020

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# Font user can’t update shotcode

 *  [qasimbiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qasimbiz/)
 * (@qasimbiz)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/font-user-cant-update-shotcode/)
 * hi want the front user can update shortcode input on the edit profile page.

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 *  [justdave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justdave/)
 * (@justdave)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/font-user-cant-update-shotcode/#post-12773105)
 * Can you add some more detail to your question? I’m not sure what you’re asking.
 *  Thread Starter [qasimbiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qasimbiz/)
 * (@qasimbiz)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/font-user-cant-update-shotcode/#post-12774625)
 * inside the ultimate member-> forms -> profile form -> i have added shortcode.
   
   what I want is user can update this shortcode field.
 *  Thread Starter [qasimbiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qasimbiz/)
 * (@qasimbiz)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/font-user-cant-update-shotcode/#post-12774639)
 * I know that user is not eligible to update shortcode input but it’s my requirement
   I want this feature, if it’s possible to enable from code please help me. Thanks
 *  [justdave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justdave/)
 * (@justdave)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/font-user-cant-update-shotcode/#post-12786071)
 * I guess I’m still not following. What do you mean by “updating a shortcode”? 
   Shortcodes are a server-side thing that you use to hook functions provided by
   plugins when you are editing a page. They would never be exposed to the user.
   Only the output of them would be. So I’m failing to see what a user would update.
 *  Thread Starter [qasimbiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qasimbiz/)
 * (@qasimbiz)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/font-user-cant-update-shotcode/#post-12788803)
 * hello sir please check the following link:- [https://snipboard.io/oZsaLh.jpg](https://snipboard.io/oZsaLh.jpg)
   
   this shortcode field that I want user can update from his profile. Thanks
 *  Thread Starter [qasimbiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qasimbiz/)
 * (@qasimbiz)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/font-user-cant-update-shotcode/#post-12793876)
 * on frontend user is already eligible to create an own booking calendar from the
   admin panel. and every booking calendar has a shortcode.
    I want the user to 
   edit the shortcode input according to his on requirement the same way how he 
   can edit the other fields.
 *  [justdave](https://wordpress.org/support/users/justdave/)
 * (@justdave)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/font-user-cant-update-shotcode/#post-12793998)
 * Ahhhh. Okay. You don’t want to use the shortcode option for the field name then.
   The shortcode option in the field list is a display-only field, and it executes
   the shortcode that you put in it. It’s basically the same thing as the ‘Content
   Block’ field, except that it’s just for a shortcode. You stick a shortcode there,
   and it runs that shortcode in that spot for everyone, just like you had put it
   in a page.
 * You’ll probably want to use a plain text field for that. If you want it displayed
   on their profile (as the actual calendar and not just the text of the shortcode),
   you’ll probably need to write some code to do a custom display for that field,
   but some caveats:
 * Shortcodes are not meant to be user-editable, and it’s dangerous to allow them
   to put their own shortcodes in a user-editable field, because they could put 
   in a shortcode that goes to something other than a calendar and expose private
   backend information depending on what plugins you have installed. It would be
   better to allow them to specify arguments for it, and have your custom display
   code always run that specific shortcode just with their arguments.

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