Question

I have created a custom shortcode and can get the information to output, however it does not show up where I have placed it in the content hierarchy – it always prints at the top of the post/page. Any clue as to why this may be happening?

in my functions.php:

function sc_pdf($atts, $content = null) {
   $pdfname = the_field('pdf_title');
   $pdfimage = the_field('pdf_file');
   $pdflink = the_field('pdf_thumbnail');
   return '<p>'.$pdfname.'</p><p>'.$pdfimage.'</p><p>'.$pdflink.'</p>';
}
add_shortcode("peedeef", "sc_pdf");

Answer 1

Since you are using the_field method, I assume you use ACF plugin.

You should use get_field instead of the_field since the_field will output the specified field.

function sc_pdf($atts, $content = null) {
   $pdfname = get_field('pdf_title');
   ... etc