bluedove

I found that looking at https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Shortcode_API was a bit of overkill if you only want to add an existing shortcode to a template since the Shortcode API page majors on creating a custom shortcode.

The following from a post by Thunderknuckle is much simpler and applicable to the task at hand:

Use code similar to the following, changing the name of the shortcode and attributes to match the one you want to use.

<?php echo (do_shortcode(“[eshop_random_products panels=’yes’ imgsize=’30’ records=’9′ show=’9′]”)); ?>

ref:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/299351?replies=4

Thunderknuckle

Hey Thanks Thunderknuckle!!

Your muddling about and finding the one-line solution saved me probably double muddling about. I followed Elfin’s advice and was knee deep learning how to write my own custom shortcodes (not needed for putting an existing short code in an eshop template) before I realized I was wasting my day. Then I ran across your post. Thanks again.

I have been working with CMS sites for a while and I am new with WP. I looked at Pods a few weeks ago and couldn’t quite get how it works in real life. The documentation jumped to the details without clearly defining the concept (for me). Mike VanWinkle has some Terrific tutorials that got me down the road building with pods. https://www.mikevanwinkle.com/tutorials/. Thanks Mike!

Hi,

I had the same problem and then discovered the standard way the field codes in the form need to be put in the email output section. For the email output code, only the field name should be in the brackets. A few examples below should give you a good start:

example 1: (default settings)
If the form has: [textarea your-message]
Then the email output code should be: [your-message]

example 2 (customized fields)
If the form has: [textarea textarea-51 30×4]
Then the email output code should be: [textarea-51]

I am not sure if the example 1 code worked for me. I could swear I had it just like the example and still got an email with “[your-message]” in it. The code I am using now has custom fields like the second example and it works great.