Profile: jonathanR-5

Problem:

The text I'm inputting into the WYSIWYG field that contains brackets [], does not show up on the front-end

Solution:

You can output the wysiwyg field shortcode with attribute output='raw':
[types field='representative-publications' output='raw'][/types]

Relevant Documentation:

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

Problem:

I need to change the permalink structure of my custom post type.

Solution:

The custom post type permalink structure will apply the WordPress rewrite setting, for example:

Dashboard-> Settings-> Permalink, Enable option "Post name".

Relevant Documentation:

Problem:
Show top level taxonomy custom posts only

Solution:
To display only top level terms belongs to the taxonomy you will either have to go with custom shortcode or create a taxonomy view in classic mode (as in Block mode you can only create post type views - taxonomy and user kind views only supported in classic mode).

Relevant Documentation: