show event date as custom shortcode in visual composer grid builder

[Steve]

am probably doing this all wrong but not really a coder: how do i create a custom shortcode for gridbuilder so that i can control the date output format – here is my attempt, that doesn’t work

add_filter( 'vc_grid_item_shortcodes', 'my_module_add_grid_shortcodes' );
function my_module_add_grid_shortcodes( $shortcodes ) {
   $shortcodes['vc_say_hello'] = array(
     'name' => __( 'Say Hello', 'my-text-domain' ),
     'base' => 'vc_say_hello',
     'category' => __( 'Content', 'my-text-domain' ),
     'description' => __( 'Just outputs Hello World', 'my-text-domain' ),
     'post_type' => Vc_Grid_Item_Editor::postType(),
  );
   return $shortcodes;
}
 
add_shortcode( 'vc_say_hello', 'vc_say_hello_render' );
function vc_say_hello_render() {
   echo tribe_get_start_date($post, false, $format = 'g:i a' );
}

[Nico]

Hi there Steve,

Thanks for reaching out and sorry for the delay in my reply! I assigned this issue to myself but lost track of it until now…

I’m not really familiarized with how gridbuilder shortcodes are actually coded, you’ll have to reach out to their developers to get help.

From what I see I guess you are not getting the desired result because $post might not be set to the current event you are trying to output the date for. If the first parameter is null the function will try to get the current post object. Also, when you pass the parameters to the function there’s no need to declare the variable name:


echo tribe_get_start_date(null, false, 'g:i a' );


Hope that helps,
Best,
Nico

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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