This thread is resolved. Here is a description of the problem and solution.
Problem: I have a 3rd-party slideshow shortcode that I would like to display on my posts. The shortcode will be different for each post, so I want to place it in a custom field. Then in my Elementor template, I would like to insert that custom field to display the rendered 3rd-party shortcode. It doesn't seem to be working as expected when I use Elementor's dynamic content feature.
Solution: Try inserting the Types field shortcode in a Text module. You'll have better results with complex field data this way, and get better access to field options. We are continuing to improve our integration with Elementor.
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Assisted by: Christian Cox.
Hi, we are building a dynamic template in Elementor where the template is fetching various content from custom fields in custom posts that we have set up with Toolset types. There is one thing that we don't get working and after a lot of searching for information and testing with different Toolset custom types, we have gotten stuck. We would very much appreciate if you can point us in the right direction.
What we are trying to do is the following:
In the custom posts we want to have a custom field where we can insert a shortcode from SmartSlider 3, so that the slider will appear on the post/page that we have created with an Elementor single template.
What we have tried:
If we insert the shortcode in default content field of the post and use the Elementor (single) post content widget, the slider shows up fine on the page. Problem is that we want to use the content field elsewhere and would like to use a Toolset custom field for the shortcode instead, but whatever combination of Toolset custom field and Elementor widgets we cannot make the slider to show up.
Our question:
Isn't there any Toolset custom field type we can use, so that we can make Elementor understand that we want Elementor to "trigger" the shortcode?
I have attached a screenshot of the page where you can see how the slider appears on the page when we use the default content field together with the Elementor post content widget. We would like to use a Toolset custom field instead and get the same result.
Regards,
Jan
