How can I enable shortcodes on a custom post type that doesn't use the_content() or get_the_content()? In the template file it uses

<?php echo nl2br( $post->post_content ); ?>

to get the content from the backend like any other post or page would. I have tried using

<?php echo do_shortcode(get_post_field('post_content', $postid)); ?>

which works but the shortcode itself is still displaying for example:

[gallery columns="4" link="file" ids="1,2,3,4"]

displays above the gallery photos.

How can I enable shortcodes on a custom post type that doesn't use the_content() or get_the_content()? In the template file it uses

<?php echo nl2br( $post->post_content ); ?>

to get the content from the backend like any other post or page would. I have tried using

<?php echo do_shortcode(get_post_field('post_content', $postid)); ?>

which works but the shortcode itself is still displaying for example:

[gallery columns="4" link="file" ids="1,2,3,4"]

displays above the gallery photos.

• custom-post-types
• shortcode

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• 1 And why doesn’t it use the_content? – Krzysiek Dróżdż Commented Jul 1, 2018 at 6:04
• I do not know why it doesn't use the_content. This is a plugin from WordPress Repository - All In One Video Gallery. – Peter Commented Jul 2, 2018 at 6:20
• Then the plugin appears to have been built in such a way that doesn't support shortcodes. You will need to check with the author if there's a workaround. – Jacob Peattie Commented Jul 2, 2018 at 11:26

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I had similar problem because I was rendering content like this:

echo get_the_content();

Instead of:

the_content();

The 2nd function must include the shortcode filter.

Shortcodes really should run in custom post types. Essentially a custom post type is a post. So it sounds like there is a problem filtering shortcodes somewhere.

What is likely happening is that you are using get_the_content() rather than the_content() which doesn't filter. Where and how are you displaying the content for the custom post type?

If this is the case, please use get_the_content() function in this way to apply appropriate filtering.

<?php apply_filters('the_content',get_the_content( $more_link_text, 
 $stripteaser, $more_file )) ?>

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Use apply_filters() to let WordPress process the shortcodes in your content.

<?php echo apply_filters('the_content', $post->post_content); ?>

For my particular situation the answer was to replace <?php echo nl2br( $post->post_content ); ?> with <?php echo $content; ?> which allowed all shortcodes to work as expected.