[Resolved] No formatting possible with ACF WYSIWYG field

[Björn]

Hi.

I am using Advanced Custom Fields to display Customer Feedback in a Custom Post Type through a WYSIWYG editor. Unfortunately all paragraphs are merged and no formatting is displayed on the front end.

My Custom Post Type has a custom layout through an element. In the element I am trying to display the respective customer feedback via ACF.

Thanks in advance!

[David]

Hi there,

are you using GenerateBlocks Pro ? As that has ACF Support for its Dynamic data

[Björn]

No, only free GenerateBlocks version, unfortunately.

[David]

Ok, so instead you would need to create a Shortcode using a PHP Snippet like this:

add_shortcode('customer_feedback', function(){
    ob_start();
    if( get_field('your_custom_field_name') ):
        the_field('your_custom_field_name');
    endif;
    return ob_get_clean();
});

Change the your_custom_field_name to match yours.
Then you can use the shortcode [customer_feedback] in your element content.

[Björn]

As always great support. Works like a charm!

Thank you!

[David]

Glad to hear that!

[Simon]

Hello

While trying to integrate ACF fields of type Wysiwyg in a GeneratePress content Template (GP Element of type Block), I meet the same problem as Björn.
The paragraphs are not rendered (other html tags are).

I tried the method of creating a shortcode.
But it doesn’t work for me.

Can you help me?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1k79FgvCax67_NCtwaKrsVp6i87XxJ3d7/view?usp=sharing

Thanks

[Simon]

Edit:
Well, Everything went back to normal with the Pro version of GenerateBlocks that I intended to buy anyway.

Sorry for the untimely relaunch of this topic.

Best regards

[David]

Hi there,

this is more a consequence of either ACF, WordPress or the TinyMCE editor. So debugging that can be a pain.

In ACF the_field function has 2 additional params:

https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/the_field/

Including the $format which says whether or not to show the HTML format.

Try setting that param to true in the shortcode eg.:

add_shortcode('show_wysiwyg', function(){
    ob_start();
    if( get_field('your_field') ):
        the_field('your_field', false, true );
    endif;
    return ob_get_clean();
});

If that doesn’t work then do you have the TinyMCE plugin installed as that may be interfering with what it returns?

[David]

Glad to hear that it is working !!

[Author]

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