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Hook to post content anywhere inside a post

5 replies · Started by Alejandro on January 31, 2021

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January 31, 2021 at 11:35 am #1640756

Hi,

I used the code below to create a shortcode that insert content within a post.
If I declare the same function again (to create a different shortcode) the code does not work (obviously).

Could you help me on this?

Cheers

Alex

php:

function db_hook_inside_shortcode($atts, $content = null) {
      ob_start();
      do_action('custom_shortcode_hook');
      return ob_get_clean();
}
add_shortcode('recursos_shortcode', 'db_hook_inside_shortcode');

January 31, 2021 at 12:04 pm #1640787

Hi there,

I'm not sure if I understand.

What are you trying to do here?

January 31, 2021 at 2:02 pm #1640877

Hi,
I've just created a shortcode out of a hook to be able to insert it wherever I want.
The question is: how can I make a second one?
If I replicate this snippet, the function does not work as the function has been already declared.

Thank you.

January 31, 2021 at 4:20 pm #1640954

You will need to change the name of recursos_shortcode

February 2, 2021 at 3:41 am #1642686

This is what I was telling earlier... It does not work.
See the image: https://ibb.co/XWfxCtV

February 2, 2021 at 7:25 am #1643042

Hi there,

there are three parts to that shortcode that need to be unique - that is the shortcode_name, the the_callback_function_name of which you will see it twice in the code, and the custom_shortcode_hook label.

function the_callback_function_name($atts, $content = null) {
      ob_start();
      do_action('custom_shortcode_hook');
      return ob_get_clean();
}

add_shortcode('shortcode_name', 'the_callback_function_name');

As a note: that function is a bit of a hack, and i would only recommend using it in extreme circumstances. Not advisable to have lots of different ones as the extra db queries it will generate can soon mount up.

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