WordPress shortcode

Shortcodes are the codes inserted in post or page content which will be replaced with other content on post or page view. Do not use hyphens (-) in shortcode names, use an underscore (_) instead of it. Bad: [short-code]; good: [short_code].

Example:


[pagelist]

Example with parameters:


[pagelist depth="3" child_of="4"]

Example with content:


[header]title[/header]

PHP code for "[pagelist]" shortcode:


<?php

function pagelist_shortcode( $atts ) {

	$input_atts = shortcode_atts( array(

		'depth' => '0',

		'child_of' => '0'

	), $atts );

	

	$page_list_args = array(

		'depth' => $input_atts['depth'],

		'child_of' => $input_atts['child_of']

	);

	$wp_list_pages = wp_list_pages( $page_list_args );

	

	if ($wp_list_pages) {

		return '<ul>'.$wp_list_pages.'</ul>';

	} else {

		return '';

	}

}

add_shortcode( 'pagelist', 'pagelist_shortcode' );

?>

PHP code for "[header]" shortcode:


<?php

function header_shortcode( $atts, $content = null ) {

	$content = force_balance_tags($content);

	$content = do_shortcode( $content );

	return '<h2>'.$content.'</h2>';

}

add_shortcode( 'header', 'header_shortcode' );

?>

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