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wp_specialchars and wp_specialchars_decode in a shortcode plugin

The Codex description of these two functions: wp_specialchars: Converts a number of special characters into their HTML entities. Specifically deals with: &, <, >, “, and ‘. wp_specialchars_decode: Converts a number of HTML entities into their special characters. According to http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_specialchars This function is deprecated as of WordPress 2.8.0. Please use esc_html instead. You don’t … Read more

Global, network-wide shortcodes or text replace functions

To have a Network enabled shortcode, you only need a Must Use plugin. Just create the folder /wp-content/mu-plugins and drop your code there. From the Codex: Always-on, no need to enable via admin and users cannot disable by accident. Can be enabled simply by uploading file to the mu-plugins directory, without having to log-in. Loaded … Read more

how to show database content in wordpress post

For the sake of the example, I’ll assume you to have copied the relevant Table to the WordPress DB, to have named it wp_my_xtra_table and it to contain 3 columns (id,num_val,str_val). function wpse106832_shortcode_demo( $atts ) { global $wpdb; extract( shortcode_atts( array( ‘id’ => 1 ), $atts ) ); $table_row = $wpdb->get_row( ‘SELECT * ‘ . … Read more

How extend shortcode default values for a plugin?

You can hijack the shortcode and use your own additional logic. Sample code, not tested: add_action( ‘after_setup_theme’, function() { // Replace the plugin shortcode handler with your own. add_shortcode( ‘standout-css3-button’, function( $atts, $content = NULL ) { // Let the plugin make the button and store the result. $button = scss3button( $atts, $content ); // … Read more

Shortcode are not working in Option tree textarea

Got the solution. you can use shortcode e.g. [layerslider id=”1″] in textarea/textbox and call it by the name to the textarea/textbox use in option tree function files e.g. get_option_tree( ‘textboxname’);

How to create shortcode to show the 2 latest posts

Add wp_reset_postdata() after your while loop: endwhile; wp_reset_postdata(); endif; This will ensure that, after your shortcode runs, the actual current post is restored, so that any template tags display the right data.

How to link to a page that has a shortcode?

Transients are probably not the way to go here. From what I understand: You want to know if a post has a shortcode by doing some form of look up You want to be able to get a list of permalinks / posts that have this shortcode. Here’s what I suggest. /** * Checks for … Read more

Legacy Audio Shortcode

If your only issue is that the format is incorrect then switch it in the_content hook with the correct version. Non-local content: Place in a plugin or functions.php // hook earlier than 10 add_filter(‘the_content’, ‘wpse_20160110_the_content_fix_audio’, 0); function wpse_20160110_the_content_fix_audio($content){ return str_replace ( ‘[audio:’, ‘[audio src=”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/214052/, $content ); }

Remove HTML content if attribute is not set / variable attributes

I would prefer two array of images, captions. For example: I have added comments on the code for better understanding. function wpse216239_slider_shortcode( $atts , $content = null ) { // Attributes $atts = shortcode_atts( array( ‘slides’ => ”, // one master attribute for slides ‘captions’ => ” // one master attribute for captions ), $atts, … Read more

Is it possible to add a repeater field to TinyMCE’s option window?

I wasn’t able to directly add a repeating field (with let’s say a + button) but I was able to create a 2 step process whereby the end-user can use a numeric field to set the number of repeatable areas on the next screen: Step 1 – Select Shortcode Step 2 – Shortcode Builder Step … Read more

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