Creating and using shortcodes

  • miowebdesigns

    (@miowebdesigns)


    1 year ago

    I am creating my own carousel plugin. I am generating shortcodes for each carousel on my site. I want to know the most efficient way to read shortcodes and activate the associated program files. Is there some good documentation out there to assist me?

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  • threadi

    (@threadi)

    The best one can actually be found in the manual:
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Shortcode_API

    There are also some examples that you could use.

    Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    IMO, the following from threadi’s linked page is not emphasized nearly enough:

    Any string returned (not echoed) by the shortcode handler will be inserted into the post body in place of the shortcode itself.

    Echoing out from a shortcode handler is the most common mistake people make when creating custom shortcodes. Doing so causes strange behavior that’s difficult to debug for those unaware. Save yourself some confusion and never directly generate output from a shortcode handler ?? Instead accumulate all output into a single variable that is returned in the end.

    Thread Starter miowebdesigns

    (@miowebdesigns)

    Thank you. I will give this a look.

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