Shortcode for ACF Fields on Categories and Terms
Adds a [term_field name="..."] shortcode that prints an ACF field of the current category, tag or custom term on archive pages, or of a term you specify.
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Code
add_shortcode( 'term_field', function ( $atts ) {
$atts = shortcode_atts( array( 'name' => '', 'term' => 0 ), $atts, 'term_field' );
$term = $atts['term'] ? get_term( absint( $atts['term'] ) ) : get_queried_object();
if ( ! $term instanceof WP_Term || '' === $atts['name'] || ! function_exists( 'get_field' ) ) {
return '';
}
$value = get_field( sanitize_key( $atts['name'] ), $term );
if ( is_array( $value ) ) {
$value = isset( $value['url'] ) ? $value['url'] : implode( ', ', array_filter( $value, 'is_scalar' ) );
}
return esc_html( (string) $value );
} );Notes
On singular pages pass term="12" with the term ID.
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