call function called by [embed] shortcode direct

  • Hello

    I am trying to call the function called by the [embed] shortcode directly.

    I am storing a video url in a custom field and therefore cannot use the shortcode ‘as is but i cannot find where the shortcode is defined.

    My reasoning is even though the shortcode wont work, the function (if calle in a template) will.

    Can anyone help?

    David

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  • To use a shortcode in a template

    <?php echo do_shortcode('[catlist id=1 numberposts=5)]'); ?>

    Thread Starter davidswain

    (@davidswain)

    Doesnt work im afriad!

    I tried it with the following code:

    <?php echo do_shortcode('[-embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSA657kxJQw[/embed]'); ?>

    and it just echoed the content

    remove the echo

    <?php do_shortcode('[-embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSA657kxJQw[/embed]'); ?>

    rendered nothing

    Sorry, don’t know how to do that. Might look around in wp-includes/media.php to see how it handles embed shortcode stuff.

    Thread Starter davidswain

    (@davidswain)

    Thanks Michael

    Had a look through media.php but i dont really understand it!

    Thread Starter davidswain

    (@davidswain)

    Should anyione be interested the solution is:

    if (!empty($full)) {

       $var = apply_filters('the_content', "[embed]" . $full . "[/embed]");

		echo $var;

	}

    where $full is the value of the url to be embed (eg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLh6F7G7rPA) from a custom field

    @davidswain

    I used your solution, however I was running into problems with other filters applied to ‘the_content’… so after much searching… I finally came upon a better solution to this (see below) and wanted to save others the aggravation… ??

    global $wp_embed;
$post_embed = $wp_embed->run_shortcode('[embed]your-video-url[/embed]');

    Mod Edit: Modified the code to global $wp_embed instead of creating a new instance of the WP_Embed class which is the incorrect way to do it.

    archon810

    (@archon810)

    @luckykind, brilliant, I was looking to see why do_shortcode with embed wasn’t working – it was driving me nuts. Your solution works great, though it’s so silly that we need to do this so manually.

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