Posting code inside the post instead of in the template file using shortcode

Question

I am using two plugins one of which is Thumbs Rating which have have a shortcode like this for example in order to display the thumbs rating option:

The code bellow is to be used in the templates files but I would like to have the option of using functions like the bellow and related ones inside posts using a shortcode if possible.

<?=function_exists('thumbs_rating_getlink') ? thumbs_rating_getlink() : ''?>

I add this into my post but it doesnt show instead gets parsed as normal text.

Is there a way to convert the code above into a shortcode something like [thumbsrating] which I can use in my posts. ( I want to paste the shortcode at a specific spot inside my post this is the reason for doing this )

Edit: Here is the code I had created with shortcode API but it didnt work:

    function rating_function() {
  return '=function_exists('thumbs_rating_getlink') ? thumbs_rating_getlink() : ''';
}
add_shortcode('rating', 'rating_function');

The result I got by adding the shortcode [rating] in my post was the return as text and not executed as PHP.

Any suggestions? Thanks

Answer 1

Try replacing your shortcode function with following code:

function rating_function() {
    if (function_exists('thumbs_rating_getlink')) {
        $content = thumbs_rating_getlink();
    }
    return $content;
}
add_shortcode('rating', 'rating_function');