Shortcodes in event-excerpt

[Simon]

We want to use a AJAX-plugin-shortcode inside the excerpts of the events. Since WP is stripping away any tags and shortcodes from the excerpt field by default, we already added the following to the functions.php file:

add_filter( 'post_excerpt', 'do_shortcode');
apply_filters('post_excerpt', $p->post_excerpt);

This does not seem to affect the excerpts of the events. Is there a solution to make shortcodes work inside the excerpts of the events?

[Geoff B.]

Good evening Simon and welcome back!

Thank you for reaching out to us.
I would love to help you with this topic.

I believe you might be interested in the following blog post: https://theeventscalendar.com/the-trouble-with-excerpts/

Let me know if that helps.

Have a great day!

Geoff B.

[Simon]

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[Geoff B.]

Good evening Simon,

I am sorry the suggested filter did not help.

I will ask our code ninjas to see if they have any further suggestions.

But, perhaps, you might want to use custom fields for that purpose instead ?

In other words, if you added a custom field containing the shortcode AND displayed that custom field (do_shorcode) in lieu of the excerpt IF not empty, I believe you will reach your goal.

You might want to read our Themer’s guide to get a sense of how to customize the different views.

Hang in there as I follow up on this for you.

Best regards,

Geoff B.

 

[Geoff B.]

Good morning Simon,

I have good news.

I believe the following filter works add_filter( 'tribe_events_excerpt_allow_shortcode', '__return_true' );

Let me know how that goes.

Best regards,
Geoff B.

[Mathew]

There’s two filters that come into play. One allows it and one removes it. Here’s an article on both.

Hope this helps.

[Geoff B.]

Thank you Mathew,

You are absolutely right. There is a possible second filter.

Cheers everybody,
Geoff B.

[Simon]

Thank you Mathew

These two filters are the solution!

Have a great weeekend.

[Geoff B.]

Good afternoon Simon,

I am super stoked that this worked for you.

You are welcome back in our support forums any time 🙂

For now, I am going to close this thread.

Have a good weekend,

Geoff B.

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