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I've been trying to access timber context in add shortcode function but it doesn't seem to work.

My code is
add_action( 'init', array($this, 'create_shortcodes' ) );

public function create_shortcodes() 
 add_shortcode( 'social_media', array($this, 'social_shortcode') );


public function social_shortcode($atts) 
 $params = shortcode_atts(array(
 'id' => 0
 ), $atts);


 $data = Helpers::create_social_media( $atts['id'], false, true );

 add_filter( 'timber_context', array($this, 'add_to_context_social_media'), 11 );

 return TimberTimber::compile('social-media.twig', array('data' => $data['content'] ));


public function add_to_context_social_media($context) 
 echo '<pre style="margin:200px">';
 print_r($context);
 echo '</pre>';

 return $context;

If I add the filter inside the create_shortcodes function it works, but it doesn't isnide the add_shortcode function which also is inside the create_shortcodes function.

Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

Would it be better to render the returned output instead of rendering it inside the shortcode ?

$returned_shortcode = do_shortcode('[your_shortcode]');

return TimberTimber::compile('social-media.twig', array('data' => $returned_shortcode ));

When you use this line

add_filter( 'timber_context', array($this, 'add_to_context_social_media'), 11 );

Then you would need to call Timber::get_context() for the filter to be applied. However, calls to Timber::get_context() are cached. This means that if you wanted to use the timber_context filter, you’d have to do add it before your first call to Timber::get_context(). If you wanted to use that in a shortcode, you probably already call Timber::get_context() in the singular or archive PHP template that displays the post’s content.

I guess you could build up the data context for your social-media.twig template like follows:

public function social_shortcode($atts) 
 $params = shortcode_atts(array(
 'id' => 0
 ), $atts);

 // Get cached context.
 $context = Timber::get_context();

 // Add to context.
 $context['data'] = Helpers::create_social_media(
 $atts['id'],
 false,
 true
 );

 return TimberTimber::compile( 'social-media.twig', $context );

In addition to your custom data, you would also have the global context available in your Twig file.