I am helping a buddy out and modifying his WordPress portfolio for him. I don’t use php very often so this might be something simple.
In a template I am calling the WordPress the_field() method like so:
<?php echo the_field('full_text'); ?>
This is outputting the content of the full_text just fine however the full_text does contain an <a> tag which is not being generated as a link and is showing up as:
<a href="http://thelink.com">The Link</a>
instead of actually generating the link.
What do I need to do to get any HTML contained in the full_text field to show up as HTML and not plain text?
Edit
In custom_fields.php I’ve found:
array (
'key' => 'field_4',
'label' => 'Full Text',
'name' => 'full_text',
'type' => 'textarea',
'order_no' => 2,
'instructions' => 'Write about this item.',
'required' => 0,
'conditional_logic' =>
array (
'status' => 0,
'rules' =>
array (
0 =>
array (
'field' => 'null',
'operator' => '==',
'value' => '',
),
),
'allorany' => 'all',
),
'default_value' => '',
'formatting' => 'br',
),
It seems like you’re using Advanced Custom Fields. If so, you need to turn off the “filter content” setting to get the link to show up.
Thanks to mcrtr I was informed that the template he was using was using Advanced Custom Fields digging deeper I found the field
full_textwas of typetextareaby changing it to wysiwyg it no longer outputted as plain text.When setting up the field, change the formatting option to
HTMLinstead ofnoneand it’ll keep the<a>tag around your link.You don’t need to change it to WYSIWYG in order to keep links as links in ACF.