Extra Shortcodes
Extra Shortcodes
Description
Shortcodes:
[extra_archives]– list of monthly archives links sorted by date;[extra_archives type="yearly"]– list of yearly archives links;[extra_archives type="monthly"]– list of monthly archives links;[extra_archives type="weekly"]– list of weekly archives links;[extra_archives type="daily"]– list of daily archives links;[extra_archives type="postbypost"]– list of all posts links sorted by date;[extra_archives type="alpha"]– list of all posts links sorted by title;[extra_taxonomies]– list of categories, tags or any other taxonomies;[bloginfo show="name"]– bloginfo params;[date format="l jS \\of F Y h:i:s A"]– Monday 23rd April 2012 09:37:57 AM; php date format params;[date format="l jS \\of F Y h:i:s A" timestamp="+2 years +3 months -20 days -10 hours +30 minutes"]– Thursday 3rd July 2014 06:52:57 AM; relative datetime formats;[date format="h:i:s A" use_wordpress_timezone="1"]– use WordPress timezone from Settings section;[date_i18n format="l jS \\of F Y h:i:s A" timestamp="+2 years +3 months -20 days -10 hours +30 minutes"]– Четвер, 3 Липня 2014 06:52:57; shortcode based on date_i18n;[time format="h:i:s A"]– 01:35:08 PM; php time format params;[year]– 2012,[year plus="3"]– 2015,[year minus="2"]– 2010;[month]– 4 (in April),[month plus="10"]– 2,[month minus="8"]– 8;[month_name]– April,[month_name plus="10"]– February,[month_name minus="8"]– August;[day]– 8,[day plus="3"]– 11,[day minus="2"]– 6;[weekday]– Monday,[weekday plus="5"]– Saturday,[weekday minus="5"]– Wednesday;[hours],[minutes],[seconds];
Useful:
Parameters for [extra_archives]:
[extra_archives]– list of monthly archives links sorted by date;[extra_archives type="yearly"]– list of yearly archives links;[extra_archives type="monthly"]– list of monthly archives links;[extra_archives type="weekly"]– list of weekly archives links;[extra_archives type="daily"]– list of daily archives links;[extra_archives type="postbypost"]– list of all posts links sorted by date;[extra_archives type="alpha"]– list of all posts links sorted by title;- limit – how many links to be included in the list:
[extra_archives limit="10"]; by default all links are shown:[extra_archives limit=""]; - show_post_count – display counter of posts in the archive:
[extra_archives show_post_count="1"]; by default counter is not shown:[extra_archives show_post_count="0"]; - order – how to sort archives links:
[extra_archives order="ASC"]; by default links are sorted by descending order (Z-A):[extra_archives order="DESC"];
[extra_archives] is based on wp_get_archives function.
Parameters for [extra_taxonomies]:
- orderby – sort list by specific field:
[extra_taxonomies order="count"]; by default list is sorted by name:[extra_taxonomies order="name"]; possible values: ID, name, slug, count, term_group; - order – the sort order of the list of pages (either ascending or descending):
[extra_taxonomies order="DESC"]; by default:[extra_taxonomies order="ASC"]; possible values: ASC, DESC; - show_count – display counter of posts in the list:
[extra_taxonomies show_count="1"]; by default counter is not shown:[extra_taxonomies show_count="0"];* limit – how many links to be included in the list:[extra_archives limit="10"]; by default all links are shown:[extra_archives limit=""]; - hide_empty – show or hide empty categories or taxonomies:
[extra_taxonomies hide_empty="0"]; by default empty categories are hidden:[extra_taxonomies hide_empty="1"]; - use_desc_for_title – use description for title:
[extra_taxonomies use_desc_for_title="0"]; by default the description is used as link title:[extra_taxonomies use_desc_for_title="1"]; - child_of – only display categories that are children of the category identified by this parameter:
[extra_taxonomies child_of="77"]; - exclude – exclude one or more categories (comma-separated list of category ids) from the results:
[extra_taxonomies exclude="5,7,9"]; - exclude_tree – exclude category-tree (comma-separated list of category ids) from the results:
[extra_taxonomies exclude_tree="5,7,9"]; The parameter include must be empty. If the hierarchical parameter is true, then use exclude instead of exclude_tree. - include – only include the categories detailed in a comma-separated list by category id:
[extra_taxonomies include="5,7,9"]; - hierarchical – list is hierarchical (tree-like) or flat:
[extra_taxonomies hierarchical="0"]; by default the list is hierarchical:[extra_taxonomies hierarchical="1"]; - number – sets the number of categories to display:
[extra_taxonomies number="10"]; by default the number is unlimited:[extra_taxonomies number=""]; - depth – how many levels in the hierarchy of pages are to be included in the list:
[extra_taxonomies depth="3"]; by default the depth is unlimited:[extra_taxonomies depth="0"]; - taxonomy – show list of registered taxonomy:
[extra_taxonomies taxonomy="post_tag"]; by default shows the list of categories:[extra_taxonomies taxonomy="category"];
[extra_taxonomies] is based on wp_list_categories function.
Parameters for [bloginfo]:
[bloginfo show="name"]– bloginfo params;[site_name]– Name of the site;[site_desc]– Description of the site;[site_url]– http://site.url;-
[wp_version]– 4.5 (WordPress version);[bloginfo] is based on bloginfo function.
Parameters for [date]:
[date format="l jS \\of F Y h:i:s A"]– Monday 23rd April 2012 09:37:57 AM; php date format params;[date format="l jS \\of F Y h:i:s A" timestamp="+2 years +3 months -20 days -10 hours +30 minutes"]– Thursday 3rd July 2014 06:52:57 AM; relative datetime formats;[date format="h:i:s A" use_wordpress_timezone="1"]– use WordPress timezone from Settings section;[date_i18n format="l jS \\of F Y h:i:s A" timestamp="+2 years +3 months -20 days -10 hours +30 minutes"]– Четвер, 3 Липня 2014 06:52:57; shortcode based on date_i18n;[time format="h:i:s A"]– 01:35:08 PM; php time format params;[year]– 2012,[year plus="3"]– 2015,[year minus="2"]– 2010;[month]– 4 (in April),[month plus="10"]– 2,[month minus="8"]– 8;[month_name]– April,[month_name plus="10"]– February,[month_name minus="8"]– August;[day]– 8,[day plus="3"]– 11,[day minus="2"]– 6;[weekday]– Monday,[weekday plus="5"]– Saturday,[weekday minus="5"]– Wednesday;[hours],[minutes],[seconds];
Installation
- install and activate the plugin on the Plugins page
- add shortcodes to pages or posts:
[bloginfo show="name"],[site_name],[site_desc],[date format="Y-m-d"],[time],[year plus="3"],[month minus="2"],[month_name]
Reviews
Super handy!
By electricbricks on April 13, 2023
Very useful. Never had an issue on dozens of sites. Works as expected.
Awesome! Works like a charme!
By storeofideas on November 6, 2016
Works perfectly - Better alternative for today's date plugins
By juniorbra on September 3, 2016
Works as expected
Very helpful!
By Ma Manann (mamb2b.ceo) on September 3, 2016
Very helpful! 5 Star. It's smartly working on my site http://nehans.net
Thnaks
On Activation, immediately broke my site
By isaac.austinwebanddesign (isaac@austinwebanddesign.com) on February 7, 2017
All I get on any page now, including the admin area, is "server error."
Changelog
2.2
- added [extra_taxonomies] shortcode
- updated readme.txt
2.1
- added [extra_archives] shortcode
- updated readme.txt
2.0
- code refactoring
- shortcodes cleanup
1.6
- added ‘use_wordpress_timezone’ param to [date] shortcode;
1.5
- added [date_i18n] (thanks to HeldZ)
1.4
- minor changes
1.3
- refactor code (all based on relative datetime formats)
- reorganized docs
- removed “loop” param
1.2
- added “timestamp” param to [date] shortcode
1.1
- added [bloginfo]
1.0
- initial release