{"id":2340,"date":"2017-10-11T05:06:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T05:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/docs.contentviewspro.com\/?p=2340"},"modified":"2023-12-29T03:39:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T03:39:13","password":"","slug":"custom-text-url-custom-field","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/contentviewspro.com\/documentation\/article\/custom-text-url-custom-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Set link text when showing an URL custom field"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are showing a custom field which has an URL string as value, for example:<\/p>\n

\nhttp:\/\/google.com\n<\/pre>\n
Content Views Pro will convert that URL string to a HTML link (anchor tag):
\nhttp:\/\/google.com<\/a><\/p>\n
How to use a custom text for the link<\/strong>?
\nThere are 2 possible ways:<\/p>\n
1. Manually replace the URL string in the value of custom field by an anchor tag:<\/p>\n
\n<a target="_blank" href="http:\/\/google.com">YOUR TEXT HERE<\/a>\n<\/pre>\n
2. Dynamically replace the URL string by an anchor tag using PHP code.
\nPlease add this code to file functions.php<\/strong> in the theme’s folder (or install this plugin Code Snippets<\/a> then add this code to the “Code” textarea<\/a>):<\/p>\n
\n\/\/ Content Views Pro - custom text for URL custom fields\nadd_filter( 'pt_cv_ctf_url_text', 'cvp_theme_ctf_url_text', 100, 2 );\nfunction cvp_theme_ctf_url_text( $args, $key ) {\n\tif ( $key === 'CUSTOM_FIELD_1' ) {\n\t\t$args = 'Text1';\n\t}\n\tif ( $key === 'CUSTOM_FIELD_2' ) {\n\t\t$args = 'Text2';\n\t}\n\tif ( $key === 'CUSTOM_FIELD_3' ) {\n\t\t$args = 'Text3';\n\t}\n\n\treturn $args;\n}\n<\/pre>\n
(replace CUSTOM_FIELD_1, CUSTOM_FIELD_2, CUSTOM_FIELD_3<\/strong> with your custom field keys. If you have only one custom field, just replace CUSTOM_FIELD_1 with your custom field key.)<\/p>\n
Best regards,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you are showing a custom field which has an URL string as value, for example: http:\/\/google.com Content Views Pro will convert that URL string to a HTML link (anchor tag): http:\/\/google.com How to use a custom text for the link? There are 2 possible ways: 1. Manually replace the URL string in the value …<\/p>\n
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