BB-Code-like mechanism by which strings enclosed in square brackets can serve as shorthand for longer and more complicated strings. These strings are processed by callback handlers, usually on page load, which replace the bracket enclosed string with the output from the callback handler.

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Shotcode error on functions

Hello i have this shortcode that is generating a error. Can someone help? add_shortcode('do-action', 'do_action_shortcode'); function do_action_shortcode($atts, $content = '') {   ob_start();   ...
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Plugin Handle URL With Custom Theme

I need to develop a plugin in which a special page needs to be created. This page will have a completely separate design from the rest of the website, and will be located at a specific URL. I realize ...
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wp-query Shortcode in Gravity Forms Notification

I have the following code that runs two wp-query loops upon form submission to display specific posts depending on the users choices in the form (The form fields are radio buttons with values that ...
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Check if post/page has gallery?

I'd like to run some code only if a gallery (inserted with the [gallery] shortcode) has been inserted into a post/page. I did the following: gallery_shortcode($post->ID) ? $gallery = 1 : ...
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Shortcode / plugin with custom (flexible) output

Following scenario: I'm building a theme framework which I want to reuse in various themes of mine. In this framework there is a collection of many shortcodes. For exemplary illustration of my ...
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Custom field for default gallery

How I can add custom field in default WordPress gallery? in visual editor and in shortcode.
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get_the_content(“more…”) returns full text

I'm creating shortcode [latest_post] and want to show post date, title and short content. (content has "more" separator). Here is code: function shortcode_latest_post() { global $post, $more; ...
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What makes a placeholder resizable in Tinymce?

It's not that hard to make a plugin to TinyMCE, similar to what the Wordpress gallery is doing in WP 3.5. Unfortunately, these custom placeholders are always non-resizable, although they show the ...
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Caption shortcodes not including caption as attribute

I recently installed the bonpress theme and am having trouble with the captions showing correctly. The more I try to understand how captions are supposed to work in Wordpress, the more I suspect ...
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Allow users of my plugin to define their own shortcode rather than use mine?

I'm creating my first plugin. So far everything is great, but my shortcode is something like this [BIMS] and that acronym might not be easy to remember, or appeal to everyone. I'd like to include an ...
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Nested shortcodes

I'm using 2 plugins in my wordpress blog - WP-Members and Dropbox Folder Share. I want to do something like this: [dropbox-foldershare-hyno link="[wp-members field="some_link"]" ver_como='lista'] ...
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Customizing gallery shortcode in 3.5

I'm trying to customize the gallery shortcode using the new gallery system in 3.5 and I'm having a bit of trouble and can't figure out where I'm going wrong. This is what I've got at the moment (in ...
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How to handle shortcodes through plugin

I learned that I can only put in the code for handling my shortcode through the theme's functions.php But I was thinking of making it a plugin rather than a theme. How can I achieve that?
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Wpautop stops working after get_the_excerpt

function pre_process_shortcode($content){ global $shortcode_tags, $shortcodes; // Backup current registered shortcodes and clear them all out ...
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Can't seem to get [shortcode]s to work

function register_shortcodes(){ add_shortcode( 'my_shortcode', 'my_shortcode' ); } add_action( 'init', 'register_shortcodes'); function my_shortcode( $atts ) { return "--my_shortcode--"; ...
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<?php wp_register(); ?> Display logged in user as “Site Admin” apposed to Logged in user

I'm just working on a little hobby word-press site I have; <?php wp_loginout(''); ?> <?php wp_register( '',''); ?> In the top rite corner of my site, <?php wp_loginout(''); ?> ...
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Google Map Shortcode for Custom Taxonomy/Post Types

Calling all WP Stack Exchangers! I am currently using Alain Gonzales' Google Map Shortcode plug-in on a site I'm developing, and it's worked just fine: Google Map Shortcode plug-in on wordpress.org ...
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Adding Shortcode to Text Widget

At the moment, I'm running WordPress v3.2.2 (soon to upgrade to v3.4.2), and am trying to insert shortcode to insert Issuu into a text widget on our sidebar. The WordPress plugin I installed and am ...
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Shortcode adding p and br tags

I apologize as I realize this has been asked before and I believe the issue is with wpautop function adding closing p or br tags but every solution I've found has not worked so I'm at a loss for ...
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Allow shortcode in the author bio textarea

Is it possible to make shortcodes available in the Author bio textarea?
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What does extract( shortcode_atts( array( do?

The codex says 'Combines user shortcode attributes with known attributes and fills in defaults when needed. The result will contain every key from the known attributes, merged with values from ...
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How should I approach changing the template & $query as part of a shortcode's execution?

I am working on a project where I need to be able to change the template being used if a given shortcode is used. To complicate things more, the plugin must also be able to rewrite $query if this same ...
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page url in shortcode

I have a problem. I'm using a custom shortcode to try to get the url. If the shortcode is inside a post then it gets the post url. When I open the post on a category list, this post shortcode works ...
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Custom wysiwyg editor doesn't execute shortcodes?

I encounter this weird problem.. I'm trying to create a simple & easy website for a client. He wants to embed video's into the page. I use different customfields assigned to specific elements in ...
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Run function from parent on child site

I'm running a Multisite wordpress installation and have a couple of child sites. Im trying to run a script from the main page on one of the child sites. It can be a shortcode [pro_display_zone ...
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Don't show images inserted into content

I'm using a lightbox plugin to display my post images with [gallery], it works but those images show up in the content area too. So there are thumbnails and full size of same image. How can i hide ...
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Display MP3 as media using an URL from a custom field

I created custom field and placed this inside the loop: <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'ses', true); ?> But now the link is all text. I would like it to be like my theme does when I ...
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Creating a costing calculator plugin. How can the user create the calculations without coding?

I am relatively new to php & wordpress development. I am trying to create a plugin that allows the user to create an unlimited number of costing calculators. Users will be able to add fields ...
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show shortcodes in editor

Is there any way in which i can show custom shortcodes inside the editor panel, I have a bunch that I've created and thought it would be a good idea? Not found anything online other than tutorials on ...
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Prevent Menu Shortcode From Formatting

I'm trying to insert shortcodes into menu links (as I need to display a latest post link). I've figured out how to get the do_shortcode part done. However, when I insert a shortcode as the menu link ...
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Custom Fields - Boolean Display of True/False to Yes/No

I am importing fields from a Real Estate site. The Import of one Custom Field looks like this... Field Name after Import ---> assistedLiving Field Value ---> false to output the display in ...
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How to use/enable Pagination?

I'm creating a shortcode to display the list of users with a particular profile in WordPress. But I can not enable or display the pagination. I have 25 users on my site and would like to display 5 ...
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Execute shortcode within shortcode

I am using this plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/worldcurrency/ Shortcode syntax: [worldcurrency cur="EUR" value="25"] However, i am using Advanced custom fields and the shortcode for ...
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How to manually fix the WordPress gallery code using PHP in functions.php?

It's been talked many times that Wordpress outputs some really bad code for the built-in gallery function. This is the core code responsible for the gallery output (in /wp-includes/media.php): ...
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WPTouch - how to remove shortcodes or make shortcodes function

So as the title states - using WPTouch Mobile plugin (NOT Pro) I either want to make the shortcodes work as they should or remove them altoghether. Currently they render on the page as [shortcode] ...
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How to wrap a text with shortcode into php file?

I want to wrap a text with shortcode into the single.php file. The shortcode is: [box type="note" align="aligncenter" ][/box] and the code is: Διοργανωτής διαγωνισμού: <?php ...
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shortcode for logo image

I have the following code for showing images using the shortcode image but the shortcode is [image name=logo] to load an image from /uploads/ directory called logo.png; changing the name I can load ...
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Using the title of the post in a shortcode

Hi I'm trying to use this plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-simple-website-screenshot/ I am supposed to use the shortcode: [screenshot url="www.example.com"] Because I am ...
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shortcode using multiple WP_Query's with multiple category names not fully functional

we're working on a bilingual site, Larry A. Downs all the posts are categorized into two categories, english or spanish, along with other categories. so every post has multiple categories, i've ...
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Custom registration form in shortcode getting internal server error 500

I created a custom registration form which works fine when used as a custom page template. I needed it as a shortcode so I created a shortcode using the function below /* Custom shortcode */ function ...
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How do I preview the result of a shortcode in the TinyMCE editor?

I have created a shortcode via the Shortcode API that does something like this: [accordion_item numero="01" primeiro="true"]Item 01[/accordion_item] [accordion_conteudo] Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ...
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Shortcodes not working in just posts [closed]

I am having issues with my shortcodes not working in posts but working in pages. Here is a page with shortcodes working: http://174.120.222.98/~shutter1/amos-southend/ Here is a post without the ...
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Change behavior of “Insert into Post” based on attachment metadata

For a custom plugin I'm working on, I have added a checkbox element to the attachments editor in a manner like the answer provided here: How to add a checkbox element to attachments editor with ...
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Gallery shortcode numerical sorting

When I try to sort a Gallery created through the [gallery] shortcode by numerical titles I get them sorted in alphabetical order. That means that they are sorted like so: 1, 3, 34, 4, 56, 6, etc. ...
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How do a put a form with php code into a variable or shortcode?

I'm trying to put my frontend form into a variable or a shortcode so I can wrap another shortcode around it (specifically Bainternet Post Creation Limits). My form has PHP code in it so I'm not ...
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How to load shortcode sooner

I am trying to add a shortcode to my menu, the menu item shows up but not the shortcode output. I think the problem is that the shortcode runs after the menu has run and therefore the shortcode ...
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detect when shortcode ran for the last time

I'm wondering, given this code: add_shortcode( $tag , $func ); Is there a hook I can use that will always be called AFTER the last time $func was called, but soon enough, so I can still call ...
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Place the page title into the short code

I have created a short code called [contianer-narrow][/container-narrow] which wraps your content in a twitter bootstrap class: .container-narrow the issue is that the page title is not included. is ...
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Use full size images in a specific gallery

Thumbnails are displaying as 100px however the full size is 130px which is what I want. I want this only in one specific gallery. Also would like to link each gallery thumbnail image to an external ...
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do_shortcode() doesn't work if shortcode contained in variable, works if shortcode passed as string

I'm developing a plugin, wherein one of the features is to switch out forms on a specific page by changing the shortcode within a custom field. within my plugin file: function getShort() { ...

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