### [wpforms_textarea_field_display](https://wpforms.com/developers/wpforms_textarea_field_display/)

**Published:** February 21, 2020
**Author:** Editorial Team

**Excerpt:** The wpforms_textarea_field_display filter will fire on form load to display the field attributes such as label and description.

**Content:**

## Description

The `wpforms_textarea_field_display` fires on the form load to display the field attributes such as label and description.

## Parameters

$field*(array)* Sanitized field data.$field\_atts*(array)* An array of field attributes such as label and description.$form\_data*(array)* Processed form settings/data, prepared to be used later.## Source

`wpforms/includes/fields/class-base.php`

## More Information

This filter is applied to an array for specific form field attributes. Each form field will have its own unique name, for further information and examples, [please review this snippet tutorial](https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-process-smart-tags-in-field-labels/ "How to Process Smart Tags in Field Labels").

## Examples

In this example shown below, the function will allow Smart Tags to be processed on field labels for the form ID `365`. Just remember to change the form ID from **365** to match the specific form ID you’re wanting to run your code on.

Removing that check would run the code for all forms.

```

/**
 * Run smart tags on all field labels.
 *
 * @link   https://wpforms.com/developers/wpforms_textarea_field_display/
 *
 * @param  array $field        Sanitized field data.
 * @param  array $field_atts   Field attributes.
 * @param  array $form_data    Form data and settings.
 *
 * return  array
 */
    
function wpf_dev_textarea_field_display( $field, $field_atts, $form_data ) {
 
    if ( $form_data[ 'id' ] != 365 ) {
        return $field;
    }
      
    $field[ 'label' ] = wpforms()->smart_tags->process( $field[ 'label' ], $form_data );
 
    return $field;
}
 
add_filter( 'wpforms_textarea_field_display', 'wpf_dev_textarea_field_display', 10, 3 );
```

## Reference Articles

- [How to Display Shortcodes Inside the HTML Field](https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-display-shortcodes-inside-the-html-field/ "How to Display Shortcodes Inside the HTML Field")
- [How to Process Smart Tags in Field Labels](https://wpforms.com/developers/how-to-process-smart-tags-in-field-labels/ "How to Process Smart Tags in Field Labels")

**Categories:** Filters Hooks

**Tags:** PHP

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