---
title: "Using the Custom Content Field"
date: 2026-04-23
author: "GravityKit"
link: "https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/getting-started-gravityview/using-the-custom-content-field/"
---

Note: Custom Content fields are not sortable.

The GravityView Custom Content field allows you to add plain text, HTML, shortcodes, or merge tags to your View layouts. To get started with Custom Content, open the View editor and follow the steps below.

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### 1. Click "Add Field"

![Entries Fields section with an "Add Field" button highlighted](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-8tlX03y3uH.png)

### 2. Click on the Custom Content Field

![Dropdown menu showing "Custom Content" selected for adding fields in a widget layout](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-OD8PAufpEj.png)

### 3. Click on the Gear Icon

Clicking on the gear icon will bring up the Custom Content Field Settings. Here you'll see the Custom Content text editor where you can add plain text, HTML, shortcodes (including the

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 shortcode to embed a form!), or merge tags to your View. ![Entries Fields section with "Custom Content" and a gear icon for settings access](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-qpUVDfxgAN.png)

### 4. Add Your Content Inside the Text Editor

In this example, we've added the {entry\_revision\_list} merge tag which is added to GravityView by the Entry Revisions add-on. The merge tag outputs a list of changes made to an entry over time.

**Note**: For a list of all the merge tags you can add to the Custom Content text editor, click on the button to the right (highlighted in red below).

![Custom content field showing entry revision list shortcode with options to add merge tags](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-EivJEiap8W.png)

#### Custom Content Example Output:

As you can see, the merge tag was replaced with a list of revisions made to the entry over time.

![Location and revision history for Marandi restaurant with map link feature](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-LVlGZbTkuu.png)

### 5. Save or Update your View

![The Update button in WordPress](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/save-or-update-your-view.png?1432232561)

### Additional Code Examples

Lots of things are possible with the Custom Content field. Here are some more examples:

#### The `{all_fields}` Merge Tag

The `{all_fields}` merge tag allows you to display the entire submission as shown in the Gravity Forms View Entry screen.

![Restaurant info page showing Marandi's name, summary, description, and address details with map link](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-fKHm1mhQdB.png)

#### Custom HTML

Here's an example where we're using custom HTML to display a link.

![HTML editor with code for a website link using custom content field and shortcodes](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-pdkTN1QECQ.png)
*...And here's what that looks like. As you can see, the HTML renders on the front end*![Restaurant details with link to website for more information](https://www.gravitykit.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/file-uejsAKy6hB.png)**See also:** [Where to put code samples](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/customizing-your-views/where-to-put-code-samples/)
*, [Adding custom CSS to your Views](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/customizing-your-views/adding-custom-css-to-your-website/), and*[Using custom code in the View settings](https://www.gravitykit.com/docs/gravityview/view-settings/view-settings-custom-code/).