How can i create a shortcode in wordpress? - php

Question

I have the code below and i want it to display content on implementation using
[insert_dos]*Content for dos here*[/insert_dos]
[insert_donts]*Content for dos here*[/insert_donts]
Dos
Content for dos here
Don'ts
Content for don'ts here
The code am trying to use
// Shortcode for dos
function insert_dos_func( $atts,$content ) {
extract( shortcode_atts( array(
'content' => 'Hello World',
), $atts ) );
return '<h2>DOs</h2>';
return '<div>' . $content . '</div>';
}
add_shortcode( 'insert_dos', 'insert_dos_func' );
// Shortcode for don'ts
function insert_donts_func( $atts ) {
extract( shortcode_atts( array(
'content' => 'Hello World',
), $atts ) );
return "<h2>DON'Ts</h2>";
return "<div>" . $content . "</div>";
}
add_shortcode( 'insert_donts', 'insert_donts_func' );

Answer 1

The first issue you're going to face is the use of multiple return statements inside a single function. Anything after the first return won't be executed.
The second issue is the way you're passing in content. There's an element in your attributes array named content. If you run extract on that array it's going to override the $content argument of your shortcode callback.
function insert_dos_func( $atts, $content ) {
/**
* This is going to get attributes and set defaults.
*
* Example of a shortcode attribute:
* [insert_dos my_attribute="testing"]
*
* In the code below, if my_attribute isn't set on the shortcode
* it's going to default to Hello World. Extract will make it
* available as $my_attribute instead of $atts['my_attribute'].
*
* It's here purely as an example based on the code you originally
* posted. $my_attribute isn't actually used in the output.
*/
extract( shortcode_atts( array(
'my_attribute' => 'Hello World',
), $atts ) );
// All content is going to be appended to a string.
$output = '';
$output .= '<h2>DOs</h2>';
$output .= '<div>' . $content . '</div>';
// Once we've built our output string, we're going to return it.
return $output;
}
add_shortcode( 'insert_dos', 'insert_dos_func' );