[Resolved] template advice

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[jacka-4]

First time playing with templates.
Trying to pull a custom field into a video embed
Template code looks like this:

----- this DOES show the url correctly from the cusstom field, and that is exists -------
[wpv-post-field name="youtube_vimeo_url"]<br>

----- this works with a hard coded youtube url -----<br>
[embed width="123" height="456"]hidden link;

----- this does NOT when pulling custom field value -----<br>
[embed width="123" height="456"][wpv-post-field name="youtube_vimeo_url"][/embed]

[Shane]

Hi Jack,

Thank you for contacting our support forum.

Was the video link uploaded in a field that was created in Types ?

If so then you wouldn't need the embed shortcodes.

You can simply do this.

[types field='youtube_vimeo_url' width="123" height="456" ][/types]

https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/functions/#embedded-media

Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Shane

[jacka-4]

I didnt create it in types. It was an existing system with custom fields.
ACF I think.

Its a regular POST with an additional custom field that contains either a youtube or vimeo url.

[Shane]

Hi Jack,

I'm not sure the embed shortcode accepts a shortcode as a parameter so this is why its possibly not working.

What I recommend that you do is to recreate this field in Types so you can use our methods of displaying the embedded media.

If the embed shortcodes that wordpress provides accepts shortcodes then it should work fine but since its not working its only fair to assume that it doesn't.

If there isn't alot of posts that are using this field then you should be able to just quickly re-create this in Types and use the embedded media field and just re-add your links to the posts.

Then you can just display the items without the use of the embed shortcode.

Please let me know if this is clear or if you want me to explain this a little further for you.

Thanks,
Shane

[jacka-4]

Ok... will have to figure out how to migrate the old posts.