Storing Options in a Shortcode

Question

I am creating a Wordpress plugin. I want to create 1 single shortcode that changes output based on the settings changed by the user on the admin settings page.

So for starters, I have something like this below:

add_shortcode( 'my_shortcode', 'my_shortcode');
  function my_shortcode($atts) {
    $atts = shortcode_atts (
  array (
  'display' => get_option('setting_1'),
  'toolbar' => get_option('setting_2'),
  'branding' => get_option('setting_3')
  ), $atts);
     }

What do I need to do next in order to store these settings into a single shortcode that keeps it's name despite the settings changing?

Answer 1

If you want to alter display based on admin options, you don't need to deal at all with the shortcode_atts ar the $attributes that are passed into your callback. The attributes passed in (and set by shortcode_atts) are meant to alter the way a shortcode works based on how an end-user uses it.

Take this: [wpse75238 arg1="asdf" arg2="asdf"]

<?php
add_shortcode('wpse75238', 'wpse75238_shortcode_cb');
function wpse75238_shortcode_cb($atts)
{
    return var_export($atts);
}

Something like array ( 'arg1' => 'asdf', 'arg2' => 'asdf' ) will come out.

shortcode_atts just sets defaults for you (and removes "unauthorized" keys) in a similar way to wp_parse_args.

If you just want to change stuff based on an admin page option, you don't need to respect the user input.

<?php
add_shortcode('wpse75238', 'wpse75238_shortcode_cb');
function wpse75238_shortcode_cb()
{
    if('some_value' = get_option('wpse75238_opts'))
    {
        // do stuff because some_value was set.
    }
}

Calling the shortcode with arguments will not change a thing for the above shortcode.