How to Create a Shortcode in WordPress

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This WordPress shortcode tutorial demonstrates all the steps to create a shortcode in your WordPress website. All the necessary code snippets are available in the description below – note that the process requires some coding knowledge.
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🕒 Timestamps

00:00 - Intro
00:11 - What is WordPress shortcode
01:21 - Creating a shortcode function
03:06 - Adding shortcode functionality
04:12 - Creating an enclosing shortcode
04:35 - Outro
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A WordPress shortcode is a small piece of PHP code that allows you to quickly add elements to your website’s page and post.

There are six default WordPress shortcodes:

👉 Audio
👉 Playlist
👉 Gallery
👉 Video
👉 Embed
👉 Caption

However, you can also create new shortcodes to help you publish articles faster and more efficiently. So, let’s see how to create a custom WordPress shortcode.

1️⃣ Create a New Theme File

👉 Access a File Manager or FTP client and create a custom-shortcodes.php file inside your theme’s directory. Add the necessary block of code.
👉 Save changes and delete the local file option. Then, add the code at the bottom of the functions.php file.

2️⃣ Create the Shortcode Function

👉 Open the custom-shortcode.php file and insert the desired action. In this video, we’re adding social media links to a post.

Right after that, add a callback function so WordPress knows the action is a shortcode:

3️⃣ Test the Custom Shortcode

👉 Create a new post on your WordPress website and insert the custom shortcode:

[subscribe]

4️⃣ Add Parameters to the WordPress Shortcode

👉 Open the custom-shortcodes.php file and add a code snippet so that you can customize the links within the shortcode tag.

5️⃣ Test the Parameters

👉 Let’s test the parameters by adding the shortcodes to your WordPress post.

6️⃣ Create an Enclosing WordPress Shortcode

👉 Open your custom-shortcode.php file and add the necessary lines of code

7️⃣ Add the Enclosing Shortcode to the Website

👉 For the Facebook anchor text:

[subscribe link='www.facebook.com/Hostinger/']Facebook[/subscribe]

👉 For the Twitter anchor text:

[subscribe link='twitter.com/Hostinger?s=20/']Twitter[/subscribe]

Watch our WordPress shortcode tutorial to see the shortcode’s final result. If you would like to check out the exact code snippets we used, visit the tutorial How to Create a Shortcode in WordPress: www.hostinger.com/tutorials/create-a-shortcode-in-…
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