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Display a block conditionally
4 replies · Started by Rekindle on September 13, 2021
Hi,
On a specific page, I display the user's leaderboard rank using a shortcode. This block is bang in the middle of the page (see screenshot). The rank is generated by a shortcode.
Now I only want to display this rank if it's < 10. Is there a way to do this?
Some options I've considered after searching the forum:
1. Creating another shortcode that runs the rank generating shortcode and only displays the rank if it's < 10. This seems a big ugly.
2. I could set up the shortcode block as an Element and I could use the generate_block_element_display hook to hide the block. The problem is that this block is in the middle of the post. So I can't figure out a way to place this block in the middle of the post
I could work around that by creating one Element with this shortcode block, and another Element with all other blocks that follow after it. But this seems hard to maintain.
3. I could register a hook inside a shortcode and place that shortcode in the middle of the post (https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/hook/)
I was wondering if you have any simple ways of doing this. Thanks!
Hi there,
option #2 + #3:
You basically create a hook in the middle of the page content. You can do it by adding a portable hook through a shortcode. You can use my PHP snippet here - https://generatepress.com/forums/topic/inserting-custom-php-html-into-gutenberg-or-site-container/#post-1713422
You then do option #2 on the portable hook you've just placed.
But this is viable if you're only going to do this 1 time because you'll have to repeat this again and again if this is for re-occurring posts.
Option #1 shares an idea with #2 where you filter the display using generate_element_display.
But if I may suggest, if the shortcode is custom as well, you may as well edit that directly.
Else, I think option #1 will be the most practical because it has the least amount of steps to do because you're basically just wrapping the original shortcode with a helper shortcode so you can use PHP on it for the purpose of using conditions.
Thanks Elvin.
I tried #1 earlier as well but I was running into issues running one shortcode inside another.
function ShowTop20Rank() {
$output = do_shortcode("[gamipress_leaderboard_user_position id="7594" current_user="yes" text="{position}" not_ranked_text="-"]");
return $output;
}
add_shortcode('showtop20rank', 'ShowTop20Rank');
What am I doing wrong?
Got it. In case it might help someone else:
[showtop20rank][gamipress_leaderboard_user_position id="7594" current_user="yes" text="{position}" not_ranked_text="-"] [/showtop20rank]
function ShowTop20Rank($attr, $content) {
$output = do_shortcode($content);
if ($output < 20) {
return $output;
}
else return NULL;
}
add_shortcode('showtop20rank', 'ShowTop20Rank');Thanks again Elvin!
Your first attempt didnt have a condition so it didn't work. :D
Glad you got it sorted. Thanks for sharing it with us. :D
