Question

Here’s what I’d like to do. This function which grabs the content of a custom WordPress post field:

get_post_meta($post->ID, 'society_twitter', true);

Needs to run in place of the string ‘yourTwitterUsername’ below,

[twitter-widget username="yourTwitterUsername"]

Looking something like:

[twitter-widget username="get_post_meta($post->ID, 'society_twitter', true);"]

Is this possible? If so, what is the syntax? A little more detail: I’m trying to modify a Twitter widget to display the username listed in a custom post field in my database rather than just one string value. I’ve tried editing the plugin php itself but this seems like an easier solution.

Answer 1

Use string concatenation?

$string = '[twitter-widget username="' . get_post_meta($post->ID, 'society_twitter', true) . '"]';

Edit: Updated based on the comments:

$string = '[twitter-widget username="' . get_post_meta($post->ID, 'society_twitter', true) . '"]';
echo do_shortcode( $string);