Plain Paragraph Text Field

The Plain Paragraph Text field can store multi-line text values. It is intended for large amounts of text and can store any amount of content.

For HTML text or to use a WYSIWYG editor, you may want to use the WYSIWYG (Visual Editor) Field.

For shorter text, you may want to use the Plain Text Field.

Quick Start

1. Fill out the Basic Field Settings (Label, Description, and Field Name)
2. Select Field Type: Plain Paragraph Text.
3. Click Save New Field (or Save Field if you’re updating an existing field) to save your field configuration.

Settings

• Output Options
  These options will change the way your field value will display.
  • Trim extra whitespace before/after contents
    This will remove any extra spaces before or after the field value.
  • Allow HTML
    This will allow HTML tags to be rendered normally.
    • Allowed HTML Tags
      This will let you specify which HTML tags to allow (default: strong em a ul ol li b i), enter them without the < > tags and separated by space. Leave empty to allow all HTML tags.
  • Enable oEmbed
    Embed videos, images, tweets, and other content using Embeds.
  • Enable wptexturize
    Transforms less-beautiful text characters into stylized equivalents using wptexturize().
  • Enable convert_chars
    Converts text into valid XHTML and Unicode using convert_chars().
  • Enable wpautop
    Changes double line-breaks in the text into HTML paragraphs using wpautop().
  • Allow Shortcodes
    This will process any [shortcodes] that you may have in the field value.
• Maximum Length
  The maximum length of text to allow (default: -1), you can set it to -1 to disable the limit.
• HTML Placeholder
  This is the text that will show on the input field when it is empty to help guide content entry. The placeholder is not a replacement for labels or description text, and it is less accessible for people using screen readers. For more details on the usage of Placeholder Text, you can read the documentation at W3 on Placeholders.

How to Display

Display with a Shortcode

[pods field="my_paragraph_field"]

Display with PHP: pods_field_display()

<?php
echo pods_field_display( 'my_paragraph_field' );

Display with PHP: $pod->display()

<?php
$pod = pods();

echo $pod->display( 'my_paragraph_field' );