[Resolved] Add Custom Fields’ descriptions to a form as a shortcode

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[troyR-2]

Tell us what you are trying to do? I would like to add Custom Fields' descriptions to a form as a shortcode. Is that easy? Or, is it easier to do add descriptions to the form manually. Currently, I am adding them manually. However, I don't want to make changes in two places.

Is there any documentation that you are following? No.

Is there a similar example that we can see? No.

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[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Well - for now this description is intended as a Backend Description. There is no way to display it on frontend form.

There are two ways:
1) You can add a description in the CRED form itself when you create the form.
OR
2) Create a custom shortcocde to pull out the description:

Add following code to your current theme's functions.php file:

function func_display_types_field_desc($atts){ 
	$all_fields=get_option( "wpcf-fields" );
	
	$field = $atts['field'];
	$desc=$all_fields[$field]['description'];
	return $desc; 
}
add_shortcode( 'get_types_field_desc', 'func_display_types_field_desc');

And call in your form as given under:

[get_types_field_desc  field="your-field-name"]

[troyR-2]

That solution does not work. Please see attached images.

[Minesh]

Add following code to your current theme's functions.php file:

Add following code to your current theme's functions.php file:
function func_display_types_field_desc($atts){ 
    $all_fields=get_option( "wpcf-fields" );
     
    $field = $atts['field'];
    $desc=$all_fields[$field]['description'];
    return $desc; 
}
add_shortcode( 'get_types_field_desc', 'func_display_types_field_desc');

It should work now.

[troyR-2]

Excellent