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1. pipelineae
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I'm currently working a plugin that requires custom content to be displayed in a post via a tag being inserted by the user.

   I am so sure that I've come across such a feature that was added in recently, but I can't find the codex page again! I've been looking around for the past couple of days, and I just can't find the page again.

   Am I right? Does a function allowing me to declare custom tags exist and I'm not going crazy, or am am I going to have to achieve this with strreplace and a pre_content hook?

   Regards

2. t31os
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Does this help?

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks_2.0.x

3. pipelineae
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Thanks for the suggestion, but no. I've already looked through all the hooks and filters for it. I'm fairly sure it's a function not a hook.

   Running a filter to manipulate the content before it is displayed is my backup plan. I was originally under the the impression you could define a tag which, when placed in a post's content, would execute a defined code.

   I am however having trouble finding it again.

   Cheers

4. t31os
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   Ah hah!...

   Shortcodes...
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API

   If i'm thinking what you're thinking, and you're thinking what i'm thinking, then that's what you're looking for... :)

5. pipelineae
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   You are a life saver, thanks mate!

   That's exactly what I was talking about, cheers.

6. t31os
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #

   I knew what you meant the first time, but the wording lost me when it came to google...

   Had looked at a plugin that used shortcodes recently though, so fortunately the term popped into my head after a little while... :)

   Curious to know what it is you're implementing if you don't mind my asking?

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