Title: Need shortcode functionality in custom Theme Options
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Need shortcode functionality in custom Theme Options

 *  Resolved [jstudios](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jstudios/)
 * (@jstudios)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-shortcode-functionality-in-custom-theme-options/)
 * I am developing my own theme and just started building its own “Theme Options”.
   There are 3 “<textarea>” blocks that grab the data from it and output it to the
   page in the footer area. One of them is the “Copyright” section.
 * I made a “[year]” shortcode and when I type it in the “<textarea>” under Theme
   Options, it just outputs it as “[year]” instead of “2012” on the website.
 * I know I have to add some sort of filter to allow shortcodes, but I don’t know
   where. I’ve tried a few methods but I just can’t get it to work.
 * Any help appreciated.
 * **functions.php**
 *     ```
       function currentYear() {
           the_time('Y');
       }
       add_shortcode('year', 'currentYear');
       ```
   
 * **theme-options.php**
 *     ```
       <p class="text-option"><?php _e( 'Left Footer Content:', 'jframe' ); ?>
       <textarea id="jframe_theme_options[leftfootercontent]"
       class="large-text" cols="50" rows="5" name="jframe_theme_options[leftfootercontent]"><?php echo esc_textarea( $options['leftfootercontent'] ); ?>
       </textarea>
       <label><em>Content for left side of the footer.</em></label>
       </p>
       ```
   
 * **footer.php**
 *     ```
       <p class="copyright">
       			<?php if ( isset( $options['leftfootercontent'] ) ) {
       				echo $options['leftfootercontent'];
       			}
       			?>
       		</p>
       ```
   

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-shortcode-functionality-in-custom-theme-options/)
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