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Calculate Years of experience using WordPress Shortcode

function yearsofexperience( $atts ) {
    $args = shortcode_atts( array(
        'from' => '01-06-2013', // [date-month-year]
        'to' => 'now', //20-08-2020
    ), $atts );
    $datetime1 = new DateTime($args['from']);
    $datetime2 = new DateTime($args['to']);
    $interval = $datetime1->diff($datetime2);
    $exp_years = $interval->format("%y");
    if($exp_years == 0){
        $exp_years.=".".$interval->format("%m")."+";
    }else if( $interval->format("%m") > 0 || $interval->format("%d") > 0){
        $exp_years.="+";
    }
    return $exp_years;
}
add_shortcode( 'yearsofexperience', 'yearsofexperience' );

[yearsofexperience]  = 7.2+

[yearsofexperience from=”01-05-2015″]  = 5.3+

[yearsofexperience from=”01-05-2015″ to=”01-05-2016″]  = 1

 

Get Current Website name using WordPress Shortcode

function website_name(){
    return get_bloginfo('name');
}
add_shortcode('website_name','website_name');

[website_name]

Get Current Website tagline using WordPress shortcode

function website_tagline(){
    return get_bloginfo('description');
}
add_shortcode('website_tagline','website_tagline');

[website_tagline]

Get Current Date using WordPress shortcode

function current_date(){
    return date('j-m-Y');
}
add_shortcode('current_date','current_date');

[current_date]

Get Current Day’s year using WordPress shortcode

function current_year(){
    return date('Y');
}
add_shortcode('current_year','current_year');

[current_year]

Get Current Date’s Day using WordPress shortcode

function current_day(){
    return date('j');
}
add_shortcode('current_day','current_day');

[current_day]

Get Current Post’s Publish Date using WordPress Shortcode

function current_post_date(){
    return get_the_date( 'dS M Y');
}
add_shortcode('current_post_date','current_post_date');

[current_post_date]

Get Current Post’s Author Name using WordPress Shortcode

function current_post_author_name(){
    return get_the_author_meta( 'display_name');
}
add_shortcode('current_post_author_name','current_post_author_name');

[current_post_author_name]

Get Admin Email using WordPress Shortcode

function website_admin_email(){
    return get_bloginfo('admin_email');
}
add_shortcode('website_admin_email','website_admin_email');

[website_admin_email]

Get latest 10 posts  using WordPress shortCode

function latestposts($atts){
    $args = shortcode_atts( array(
        'limit' => '10',
        'post_status' =>'publish'
    ), $atts );
    $recent_posts = wp_get_recent_posts(array(
        'numberposts' => $args['limit'], // Number of recent posts thumbnails to display
        'post_status' => $args['post_status']// Show only the published posts
    ));
    $data_return = "<ul>";
    foreach($recent_posts as $post) :
        $data_return.= "<li><a href='".get_permalink($post['ID'])."'>".$post['post_title']."</a></li>";
    endforeach;
    $data_return .="<ul>";
    return $data_return;
}
add_shortcode('latestposts','latestposts');

[latestposts]

[latestposts limit=”5″]

[latestposts limit=”8″ post_status=”draft”]

Get latest posts by date using WordPress shortcode

function latestpostsbydate($atts){
    $args = shortcode_atts(  array(
        'year'  => date('Y'),
        'month' => date('M'),
        'day'   => date('j'),
    ), $atts );

    $query_args = array(
        'date_query' => array(
            array(
                'year'  => $args['year'],
                'month' => $args['month'],
                'day'   => $args['day'],
            ),
        ),
    );
    $query = new WP_Query( $args );
    $data_return = "<ul>";
    while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
        $query->the_post();
        $data_return.= "<li><a href='".get_permalink()."'>".get_the_title()."</a></li>";
    }
    $data_return .="<ul>";
    return $data_return;
}
add_shortcode('latestpostsbydate','latestpostsbydate');

[latestpostsbydate]

[latestpostsbydate year=”2020″ month=”08″ day=”21″]

Get latest posts by category using WordPress shortcode

function latestpostsbycategory($atts){
    $args = shortcode_atts(  array(
        'cat'  => 1, // uncategorized
    ), $atts );
    $query_args = null;
    if(is_int(intval($args['cat']))){
        $query_args = array(
            'cat' => $args['cat'],
        );
    }elseif(is_string(strval($args['cat']))){
        $query_args = array(
            'category_name' => $args['cat'],
        );
    }

    $query = new WP_Query( $query_args );
    $data_return = "<ul>";
    while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
        $query->the_post();
        $data_return.= "<li><a href='".get_permalink()."'>".get_the_title()."</a></li>";
    }
    $data_return .="<ul>";
    return $data_return;
}
add_shortcode('latestpostsbycategory','latestpostsbycategory');

[latestpostsbycategory]

[latestpostsbycategory cat=”10″]

[latestpostsbycategory cat=”php”]

Get latest posts by tag using WordPress shortcode

function latestpostsbytag($atts){
    $args = shortcode_atts(  array(
        'tag'  => 1, // uncategorized
    ), $atts );
    $query_args = null;
    if(is_int(intval($args['tag']))){
        $query_args = array(
            'tag_id' => $args['tag'],
        );
    }elseif(is_string(strval($args['tag']))){
        $query_args = array(
            'tag' => $args['tag'],
        );
    }

    $query = new WP_Query( $query_args );
    $data_return = "<ul>";
    while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
        $query->the_post();
        $data_return.= "<li><a href='".get_permalink()."'>".get_the_title()."</a></li>";
    }
    $data_return .="<ul>";
    return $data_return;
}
add_shortcode('latestpostsbytag','latestpostsbytag');

[latestpostsbytag]

[latestpostsbytag tag=”25″]

[latestpostsbytag tag=”custom-coding”]

Embedded External or Internal Images by height and width using WordPress shortcode

function embedimage($atts){
    $args = shortcode_atts(  array(
        'domain'  => site_url(), //http://vengalavinay.com
        'path'  => '',
        'alt'  => "Vengalavinay.com",
        'width'  => "250",
        'height'  => "250",
    ), $atts );
    $image_src = rtrim($args['domain'],"/\\")."/".$args['path'];
    // <img src="" alt="" width="" height="" />
    return '<img src="'.$image_src.'" alt="'.$args['alt'].'" width="'.$args['width'].'" height="'.$args['height'].'" />';
}
add_shortcode('embedimage','embedimage');

[embedimage path=”wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sample.png”]

 

[embedimage domain =”http://cdn.vengalavinay.com” path=”wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sample.png”]

 

[embedimage domain =”http://cdn.vengalavinay.com” path=”wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sample.png” alt=”sample text”]

 

[embedimage domain =”http://cdn.vengalavinay.com” path=”wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sample.png” alt=”sample text” width=”300″ height=”300″]

 

Embedded a snapshot of any website using WordPress shortcode

function embedsnapshot($atts) {
    $args =shortcode_atts(array(
        "snap" => 'http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/',
        "url" => 'https://www.vengalavinay.com',
        "alt" => 'vengalavinay.com',
        "width" => '400', // width
        "height" => '300' // height
    ), $atts);

    $img = '<img src="' . $args['snap'] . '' . urlencode($args['url']) . '?w=' . $args['width'] . '&h=' . $args['height'] . '" alt="' . $args['alt'] . '"/>';
    return $img;
}

add_shortcode("embedsnapshot", "embedsnapshot");

[embedsnapshot]

[embedsnapshot url=”https://www.vengalavinay.com”]

[embedsnapshot url=”https://www.vengalavinay.com” width=”250″ height=’250″]

Add a Paypal donation link easily using WordPress shortcode

function paypaldonation( $atts ) {
    $args =shortcode_atts(array(
        'text' => 'Make a donation',
        'account' => 'your id',
        'for' => '',
    ), $atts);

    global $post;

    if (!$args['for']) $for = str_replace(" ","+",$post->post_title);

    return '<a class="donateButton" href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business='.$args['account'].'&item_name=Donation+for+'.$args['for'].'">'.$args['text'].'</a>';

}
add_shortcode('donate', 'paypaldonation');

[donate]

[donate account=”[email protected]” for=”product”]

Obfuscate email address using WordPress shortcode

function emailid( $atts  ) {
    $args =shortcode_atts(array(
        'mail' => '[email protected]',
    ), $atts);
    for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($args['mail']); $i++) $encodedmail .= "&#" . ord($args['mail'][$i]) . ';';
    return '<a href="mailto:'.$encodedmail.'">'.$encodedmail.'</a>';
}
add_shortcode('emailid', 'emailid');

[emailid]

[emailid mail=”[email protected]”]

<a href="mailto:&#116;&#101;&#115;&#116;&#64;&#103;&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;">&#116;&#101;&#115;&#116;&#64;&#103;&#109;&#97;&#105;&#108;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;</a>

 

Create a private content using WordPress shortcode

function onlyloggedin( $atts, $content = null ) {
    if ( is_user_logged_in() && !is_null( $content ) && !is_feed() )
        return $content;
    return '';
}

add_shortcode( 'onlyloggedin', 'onlyloggedin' );

[onlyloggedin] private content [/onlyloggedin]

Embed a pdf in the iframe using WordPress shortcode

function embedpdf($atts) {
    $args =shortcode_atts(array(
        'pdf' => 'pdfhere',
        'width' =>'600',
        'height' => '800'
    ), $atts);
    return '<iframe src="http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=' . $args['pdf'] . '&embedded=true" style="width:' .$args['width']. '; height:' .$args['height']. ';" frameborder="0">Your browser should support iFrame to view this PDF document</iframe>';
}
add_shortcode('embedpdf', 'embedpdf');

[embedpdf]

[embedpdf pdf=”pdf path”]

[embedpdf pdf=”pdf path” width=”300″ height=”600″]

Display content in feed-only using WordPress shortcode

function infeedonly( $atts, $content = null) {
    if (!is_feed()) return "";
    return $content;
}
add_shortcode('infeedonly', 'infeedonly');

[infeedonly] content here [/infeedonly]

Embed an RSS Feed

function embedrss( $atts, $content = null) {
    include_once(ABSPATH.WPINC.'/rss.php');
    $args =shortcode_atts(array(
        'feed' => 'http://',
        'num' =>'1',
    ), $atts);
    return wp_rss($args['feed'], $args['num']);
}
add_shortcode('embedrss', 'embedrss');

[embedrss feed=”feed URL” num=”15″]

Display Adsense ad using WordPress shortcode

function adsenseblock($atts){

    /*
     <script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
<ins class="adsbygoogle"
     style="display:block"
     data-ad-client="CLIENT ID"
     data-ad-slot="SLOT ID"
     data-ad-format="auto"
     data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
<script>
     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
</script>
     * */

    $args =shortcode_atts(array(
        'client' => '00000',
        'slot' =>'111111',
    ), $atts);

    return '<script async src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>
<ins class="adsbygoogle"
     style="display:block"
     data-ad-client="'.$args['client'].'"
     data-ad-slot="'.$args['slot'].'"
     data-ad-format="auto"
     data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>
<script>
     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
</script>';

}

add_shortcode('adsenseblock','adsenseblock');

[adsenseblock client=”00000000″ slot=”00000000″]

Get published posts count using WordPress shortcode

function getpostcount($atts){
    $args =shortcode_atts(array(
        'type' => 'post',
        'status' => 'publish',
    ), $atts);
    $postsCount = wp_count_posts($args['type']);
    if(isset($postsCount->{$args['status']})){
        return $postsCount->{$args['status']};
    }
}
add_shortcode('getpostcount','getpostcount');

[getpostcount]

Get drafted posts count using WordPress Shortcode

function getpostcount($atts){
    $args =shortcode_atts(array(
        'type' => 'post',
        'status' => 'publish',
    ), $atts);
    $postsCount = wp_count_posts($args['type']);
    if(isset($postsCount->{$args['status']})){
        return $postsCount->{$args['status']};
    }
}
add_shortcode('getpostcount','getpostcount');

[getpostcount status=”draft”]

Get total approved comments counts using WordPress shortcode

function getcommentcount($atts){
    $args =shortcode_atts(array(
        'status' => 'approved',
    ), $atts);
    $commentsCount = wp_count_comments();
    if(isset($commentsCount->{$args['status']})){
        return $commentsCount->{$args['status']};
    }
}
add_shortcode('getcommentcount','getcommentcount');

[getcommentcount]

Get total pending comments counts using WordPress shortcode

function getcommentcount($atts){
    $args =shortcode_atts(array(
        'status' => 'approved',
    ), $atts);
    $commentsCount = wp_count_comments();
    if(isset($commentsCount->{$args['status']})){
        return $commentsCount->{$args['status']};
    }
}
add_shortcode('getcommentcount','getcommentcount');

[getcommentcount status=”moderated”]

Get total published items by custom post type using WordPress shortcode

function getpostcount($atts){
    $args =shortcode_atts(array(
        'type' => 'post',
        'status' => 'publish',
    ), $atts);
    $postsCount = wp_count_posts($args['type']);
    if(isset($postsCount->{$args['status']})){
        return $postsCount->{$args['status']};
    }
}
add_shortcode('getpostcount','getpostcount');

[getpostcount type=”questions”]

Get total draft items by custom post type using WordPress shortcode

function getpostcount($atts){
    $args =shortcode_atts(array(
        'type' => 'post',
        'status' => 'publish',
    ), $atts);
    $postsCount = wp_count_posts($args['type']);
    if(isset($postsCount->{$args['status']})){
        return $postsCount->{$args['status']};
    }
}
add_shortcode('getpostcount','getpostcount');

[getpostcount type=”questions” status=”draft”]

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