Event List is not displaying shortcodes correctly

[April]

I’ve created a shortcode to call the Event Title since most of our Events have the same description and we just want to update Event meta dynamically.

function shortcode_eventtitle() {
  return tribe_get_events_title($postID);
}
add_shortcode('eventtitle', 'shortcode_eventtitle');

At first, the shortcode on a list view didn’t appear at all, then I added a filter

add_filter( 'tribe_events_excerpt_allow_shortcode', '__return_true' );

which made the shortcode appear, but instead of getting the Event Name, it’s showing the current page name.

Any ideas to make this work?

[Patricia]

Hey April,

Thank you for reaching out to us!

Could you please replace tribe_get_events_title() with the_title_attribute() and let me know if it helps you to solve the problem?

Thanks,

Patricia

[April]

Hi Patricia,

that doesn’t solve it I’m afraid. The output is weird now and shortcode is echoed on a places where it shouldn’t be. Please have a look where it echoes and where it’s placed in the backend.

Here are the functions I made for shortcode purposes.

/********************************************************************
Add eventdate shortcode
********************************************************************/
function shortcode_eventdate() {
  return tribe_get_start_date(null, false, 'F j, Y - g:i a');
}
add_shortcode('eventdate', 'shortcode_eventdate');

/********************************************************************
Add eventvenue shortcode
********************************************************************/
function shortcode_eventvenue() {
  return tribe_get_venue( $postID );
}
add_shortcode('eventvenue', 'shortcode_eventvenue');

/********************************************************************
Add eventtitle shortcode
********************************************************************/
function shortcode_eventtitle() {
  return the_title_attribute();
}
add_shortcode('eventtitle', 'shortcode_eventtitle');

/********************************************************************
Add eventcategory shortcode
********************************************************************/
function shortcode_eventcategory() {
  return tribe_get_event_taxonomy(
      get_the_id(), array(
				'before'       => '',
				'sep'          => ', ',
				'after'        => '',
				'label'        => null, // An appropriate plural/singular label will be provided
				'label_before' => '<dt>',
				'label_after'  => '</dt>',
				'wrap_before'  => '<dd class="tribe-events-event-categories">',
				'wrap_after'   => '</dd>',
			)
      );
}
add_shortcode('eventcategory', 'shortcode_eventcategory');

/********************************************************************
Add eventstarttime shortcode
********************************************************************/
function shortcode_eventstarttime() {
  return tribe_get_start_date($post, false, $format = 'g:i a' );
}
add_shortcode('eventstarttime', 'shortcode_eventstarttime');

/********************************************************************
Add eventendtime shortcode
********************************************************************/
function shortcode_eventendtime() {
  return tribe_get_end_date($post, false, $format = 'g:i a' );
}
add_shortcode('eventendtime', 'shortcode_eventendtime');

add_filter( 'tribe_events_excerpt_allow_shortcode', '__return_true' );

Note that I’ve changed the the_title_attribute() per your suggestion. Any other ideas?

[Patricia]

Hi April!

Oh, this is happening because we didn’t set the title attribute for use in PHP. Please replace:

return the_title_attribute();

with:

return the_title_attribute('echo=0');

You will find more info about the_title_attribute here:

https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_title_attribute

I’ve tested the shortcode here and everything is working as expected now 🙂

I hope this helps! If you have any other questions at all please feel free to let me know and I’d be happy to help as best I can!

Cheers,

Patricia

[April]

Worked! Thanks!

[Patricia]

Hi April,

You are welcome 🙂 I’m glad to hear that everything is working as expected now! If you need an assistance again or have other concerns, please feel free to open up a new thread, we’ll be more than happy to help you!

Cheers,

Patricia

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