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1. ryanve
   Member
   Posted 12 months ago #

   I have a shortcode [user-profile] where the author ID is the attribute. I'd like to make it so that if no ID is specified [user-profile] defaults to post author, and when an ID is specified, like [user-profile id="47"], it uses that ID. The shortcode function right now is like this:

   function user_profile( $atts, $content = null ) {
   	extract(shortcode_atts(array('id' => ''), $atts));
   	include ('user-profile.php');
   	return $user_hcard;
   	}

   ...which works only when an ID is specified.
   (user-profile.php code is here)
   How can I set the default to be the $post->ID ?

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 12 months ago #

   have you read the codex: http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API

3. ryanve
   Member
   Posted 12 months ago #

   Of course :)
   I already tried
   

   extract(shortcode_atts(array('id' => $post->ID), $atts));

   but no dice.

4. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 12 months ago #

   as this is in functions.php, you may need to use global $post right at the beginning of the function.

5. ryanve
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #

   This works—killer! Thanks =)

   function user_profile( $atts, $content = null ) {
   	global $post;
   	extract(shortcode_atts(array('id' => ''), $atts));
   	include ('user-profile.php');
   	return $user_hcard;
   	}

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