Learn How To Create Wordpress Plugin and their Shortcodes

Create Shortcodes in WordPress Plugin

WordPress offers a predefined shortcode function to create shortcode in WordPress plugin. For using shortcode function, you have to define a handler function that parse the shortcode and return some output. Then, you need to register a shortcode using add_shortcode() function.

add_shortcode( $shortcode_name, $handler_function);

·         $shortcode_name – (required, string) It is a string that to be searched in the post.

·         $handler_function – (required, callable) It is a hook to run when shortcode is found.

WordPress ShortCode Example 1 – Display Form On Pages/Posts

You can create shortcode to display form on any page or post of the website. The below code includes-

·         Plugin details

·         form_creation() to create a form which includes form fields.

·         add_shortcode() function which contain shortcode name test and calling of form_creation() function as parameters.

<?php

/*

* Plugin Name: WordPress ShortCode

* Description: Create your WordPress shortcode.

* Version: 1.0

* Author: InkThemes

* Author URI: https://inkthemes.com

*/

// Example 1 : WP Shortcode to display form on any page or post.

function form_creation(){

?>

<form>

First name: <input type="text" name="firstname"><br>

Last name: <input type="text" name="lastname"><br>

Message: <textarea name="message"> Enter text here...</textarea>

</form>]

<?php

}

add_shortcode('test', 'form_creation');

?>

WordPress Shortcode Example 2 – Share Pages/Posts On Twitter

You can create shortcode to share your pages or posts on Twitter. The below code includes-

·         Plugin details

·         ink_wp_shortcode() get the particular post or page that you want to share on Twitter.

·         add_shortcode() function contain shortcode name twitter and calling of ink_wp_shortcode() function as parameters.

<?php

/*

* Plugin Name: WordPress ShortCode

* Description: Create your WordPress shortcode.

* Version: 1.0

* Author: InkThemes

* Author URI: https://inkthemes.com

*/

// Example 3 : WP Shortcode to share post or page on Twitter.

function ink_wp_shortcode($atts, $content=null)

{

$post_url = get_permalink($post->ID);

$post_title = get_the_title($post->ID);

$tweet = '<a style="color:blue; font-size: 20px;" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Read' . $post_title . 'at' . $post_url . '">

<b>Share on Twitter </b></a>';

return $tweet;

}

add_shortcode('twitter', 'ink_wp_shortcode');

?>