How to handle shortcodes when using the JSON API
You can add your own AJAX API for do_shortcode. Add this to a suitable location (i.e. functions.php or a plugin): add_action(‘wp_ajax_doshortcode’, ‘ajax_doshortcode’); function doshortcode() { echo do_shortcode($_POST[‘text’]); die(); // this is required to return a proper result } And this to your Javascript: $.ajax({ url : ajaxurl, data : { action : ‘doshortcode’, text : … Read more