I've looked around for this but can't seem to find a definite answer. I want to know where WordPress shortcodes are supported within the (self-hosted) platform - meaning where can I safely place shortcode content and expect it to be rendered? I know I can use them in post and page content, and some widgets that output something. But can I use them in other plugins (that also output something), and which widgets are supported? Do custom plugins need to have something enabled that allows them to render shortcode content?
This page says:
By default, WordPress does not support shortcodes within Sidebar Widgets. It only expands the shortcodes within the content of a Post, Page, or custom post type.
... although I've gotten shortcodes to work in the arbitrary text widget, so that information doesn't seem accurate. It also suggests I install this plugin that hasn't been updated in years.
Is there any clarification somewhere on this that I've missed?
You can use:
<?php do_shortcode('name_of_shortcode'); ?>
e.g echo do_shortcode('[gallery autoplay=no]');
and it will render this shortcode. You can place it in functions.php, header.php, footer.php.
EDIT:
If you want it to work in Text Widget, all you need is to add this line of code in functions.php file:
add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');
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Not sure if this is only problem for Elementor full width template, but it seems to override theme header.php. I tried achieving my goal by using elementor custom code feature, but it adds my code somewhere in middle of the tag.
What is the propper way of adding my own custom code as the first thing that is after the element?
You are right Elementor overrides the theme's header.php file so importing your code to this file is not effective. You need to add custom function to earn your goal. With the wp-head action you could add the code right into your header and Elementor will not override it.
Add this code to the functions.php file od your active theme.
add_action('wp_head', 'custom_head_function');
function custom_head_function(){
?>
YOUR HEADER CODE HERE
<?php
};
UPDATE - If you want to set your code at the top
As sephsekla mentioned in comment, there is a way to set the priority into your action to get it to the top. Try to set value to -999. So, choose a very low number and if there is no other lower number in your plugin or theme you will go straight to the top.
add_action('wp_head', 'custom_head_function', -999);
function custom_head_function(){
?>
YOUR HEADER CODE HERE
<?php
};
Elementor now supports custom code (javascript, html, etc) and supports the specific use of elements in the head of the page.
What you are looking for you can find at the Wordpress Dashboard> Elementor > Custom Code . Then you will be able to add a custom code to the head: https://elementor.com/help/custom-code-pro/
I want to display shortcodes (I'm using fruitful Shortcode) above the post title tag (H1). And I want to display it to all my post (also as a template).
i want to be like this
Thanks.
If you want to adjust the way your single posts are displayed for all the posts, you have to edit the single.php file in your theme folder. You can do this in the backend under "Design" -> "Theme Editor" or you can access the folder and files via FTP.
For your default posts in wordpress you just need to open the single.php file and look for the h1 with your title. It can look something like:
<h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
Above that (if you want to display it above), you can put your shortcode with the do_shortcode() function:
<?php echo do_shortcode('[name_of_shortcode]'); ?>
If you are not using normal posts of wordpress but custom post types or something else, please have a look at the wordpress template hierarchy to find out, which file to edit or how to name the new files for creating template files: https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/basics/template-hierarchy/
If you are using a theme that is not made by you, you should make sure you keep your theme updateable. So if you overwrite the single.php, with the next update of your theme, the file will not have your edits. You need a child theme, if you want to keep your parent theme up to date but also customize it in the page templates. Here is a nice tutorial for child themes: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/01/create-customize-wordpress-child-theme/
I have a plugin that makes a custom content type and enables that custom content type to display its own archive pages. That is, this custom content type will display with archive-customtype.php rather than archive.php.
I don't want this, however. I want archive content to display in the same way whether it's a post or a new content type.
I can't just remove archive-customtype.php because the plugin expects it to be there. Can I remove everything from that file and simply say:
<?php include("archive.php"); ?>
That works but I want to make sure this is the best wordpress way to do it. Any thoughts?
I would use locate_template or get_template_part rather than include. You should be able to do get_template_part( 'archive' );-- note that there is not file-type ending.
It worries me that it doesn't work if you just remove archive-customtype.php. As you realize, archive.php should just work. It should be the fallback template. That the plugin requires this file is odd and makes me worry that something will break, or is broken and you haven't noticed.
I am trying to add a button to my WordPress template. Basically, I have the post and then there is the Related Posts Thumbnails widget that appears. I want the button to go between the text of the post and the related posts thumbnail widget. The code in my 'Single Post' that contains all of this is as follows:
<div class="post-content">
<?php the_content(__('<em><strong>More:</strong> Read the rest of this entry...</em>', 'life-is-simple')); ?>
</div>
I know the Related Posts Thumbnails plugin falls within this code because it's at that place when I 'Inspect Element' on Google Chrome. I can't find how to edit the order of things within that div though. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
EDIT
Clarification: I am using the Life Is Simple WordPress theme although it has been custom editing quite a bit (mostly on the CSS side of things though).
That plugin is probably appending the output to the_content with a filter .
That means , that the output is being added to the_content automatically. it is a common behaviour.
You need to look at the plugin´s admin interface to see if you can have an alternative way (I believe there is ) which is using a template tag. in that case, you should put the template tag after the div where the the_content() is .
EDIT I :
After a small dig, - in fact there is - you need to put
<?php get_related_posts_thumbnails(); ?>
Then the plugin should know by itself not to append to the_content.
For parameter passing, or if something is not working, go read their APi or help files.
You'll probably need to edit single.php or archive.php in your theme. If nothing is occuring there that looks familiar, it's probably using a loop. In which case you might find what you are looking for either in loop.php, loop-single.php, or loop-archive.php depending on what type of page you are on and how the theme was constructed. Add your button near where you find Read the rest of this entry...
With more information (such as what theme you are using), one might be able to help more as well.
Hello i'm using widgets_on_pages to place widgets on pages, i installed it and added a widget to the panel in my admin section, then i added [widgets_on_pages id=2] ("its the 2nd sidebar and it said i should add this") into my html on the place where the widget should appear but it only shows the code i added in pure text, nothing else happens, anyone know what i'm doing wrong?
If I understand correctly then the following applies... if not, apologies.
You should not need to do it this way. It seems that Vincent, you are trying to add the shortcode into a theme php file... this is incorrect and the shortcode is for adding into the page/post content by the post/page editor.
To add a Widgets on Pages sidebar to a template then v 0.0.7 (I believe) has built in template tags (see link text). This should allow you to add the following I think
<?php widgets_on_template("2"); ?>
Try this
<?php echo do_shortcode('[widgets_on_pages id=2]'] ?>