Title: Utilising shortcode from another plugin
Last modified: November 4, 2019

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# Utilising shortcode from another plugin

 *  Resolved [itsolutionsven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itsolutionsven/)
 * (@itsolutionsven)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utilising-shortcode-from-another-plugin/)
 * Hi,
 * I’ve created a Field Group, and added a field that is of the type wysiwyg.
 * I’ve then entered the relevant text on the relevant page, with a shortcode produced
   from the Interactive 3D FlipBook plugin. However, the flip book doesn’t appear.
   I am developing a theme, so it is a custom page template.
 * I’m not sure what I am doing wrong.
 * I know the plugin works, as I have it working on another website that I didn’t
   do the theme for.
 * Any ideas?
 * Ven

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utilising-shortcode-from-another-plugin/#post-12096063)
 * Honestly, probably a question needing brought up with the plugin providing the
   shortcode, for why it may or may not be showing up. We’re not going to have any
   direct interaction with the process outside of simply making sure the post type(
   s) are registered at the appropriate time.
 * Wish I had more for you, but I am curious which plugin is providing the shortcode
   and what the resulting solution will be.
 *  Thread Starter [itsolutionsven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itsolutionsven/)
 * (@itsolutionsven)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utilising-shortcode-from-another-plugin/#post-12096659)
 * Thanks – I have reached out to them as well.
 * The plugin is ‘Interactive 3D FlipBook’
 * I know when I view the page source, the short code is being pulled in – just 
   weird why it is not showing.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utilising-shortcode-from-another-plugin/#post-12099310)
 * I’m guessing this one? [https://wordpress.org/plugins/interactive-3d-flipbook-powered-physics-engine/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/interactive-3d-flipbook-powered-physics-engine/)
 * Very possibly an issue with loading the resource that’s supposed to be flipped
   through in this case.
 * Difficult for me to say for certain though without any links that I could view
   where the error is occurring.
 *  Thread Starter [itsolutionsven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itsolutionsven/)
 * (@itsolutionsven)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utilising-shortcode-from-another-plugin/#post-12100692)
 * Thanks – developing the theme locally, so hard for me to show you.
 * I know the short code is being pulled in with the CPTUI plugin for the fields.
 * I’ll try something else.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utilising-shortcode-from-another-plugin/#post-12102822)
 * Sounds good.
 *  Thread Starter [itsolutionsven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itsolutionsven/)
 * (@itsolutionsven)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utilising-shortcode-from-another-plugin/#post-12104784)
 * Well – I now know that it has something to do with the way the theme I’m developing
   is pulling in the CPTUI field to display.
 * I’ve tested with the base theme I am working with in a dummy WordPress site on
   my localhost, and it all works fine.
 * The CPTUI field I’ve created is a WYSIWYG which I fill in with some text and 
   the shortcode. I pull this into a variable ‘$my_text = get_field(‘my_text’)’ 
   and then do a ‘<?php echo $my_text ?>’.
 * When I view the page; the text is shown, but the shortcode isn’t processed into
   the flip.
 * I’ll try working out; and see if I can work it out, and if I do, I’ll post.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utilising-shortcode-from-another-plugin/#post-12105045)
 * Looks like that’d be an Advanced Custom Fields field more than anything CPTUI.
   That said, if the “my_text” field is where the shortcode is being stored to be
   parsed later, I wonder how this would work for you:
 *     ```
       <?php echo do_shortcode( $my_text ); ?>
       ```
   
 * Assuming the shortcode isn’t getting removed somehow by the output of `get_field()`
 * Worth a try. Also worth a try may be pasting a copy of the shortcode directly
   into the template to see if that produces different results.
 * For example: `<?php echo do_shortcode( 'SHORTCODE HERE' ); ?>`
 *  Thread Starter [itsolutionsven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itsolutionsven/)
 * (@itsolutionsven)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utilising-shortcode-from-another-plugin/#post-12105053)
 * Thanks for that.
 * When I look at the page source, the short code is there, but not getting converting.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utilising-shortcode-from-another-plugin/#post-12105088)
 * Sounds like it’s less an issue with either of the plugin, and more that the content
   being displayed isn’t being passed through the correct filters then, which I 
   stumbled upon a bit earlier above. One of the small gotchas with storing shortcodes
   as meta data/acf fields, ya need to do that manually.
 *  Thread Starter [itsolutionsven](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itsolutionsven/)
 * (@itsolutionsven)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utilising-shortcode-from-another-plugin/#post-12105114)
 * Probably a little more of the page I’m creating.
 * Pulled the basic template from _s, and did a dummy run and everything works.
 * However, on the home_page template I’m coding up, doesn’t pass the correct filters(
   even the echo you suggested).
 * I’ll work through and see what I can work out.
 * My first attempt at creating my own theme, so not surprised I’m finding some 
   gotcha’s.
 * I’ll keep you informed on what I find.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/utilising-shortcode-from-another-plugin/#post-12105146)
 * perhaps also try `echo apply_filters( 'the_content', $my_text );` though that
   also applies every other filter that `the_content` may have added.

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