Create shortcode with custom parameters

Resolved nggum
(@nggum)

7 years, 1 month ago

Hi,
I’m pretty noob to web design so bear with me. I learned how to put this plugin on a page, I simply put [cool_tag_cloud] and it shows up as expected but how do I set the custom parameters with the shortcode?

I see that you put a “Here’s the list of all available parameters for the shortcode:” with the parameters below but how do I actually use it?

I guess what I’m looking for is an example that I can cut and paste to my page and then edit the parameters to my liking.

Thank you!

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Plugin Author WPKube
(@wpkube)

7 years, 1 month ago

Hi,

You can basically copy/paste a parameter in there and just leave the value you need ( the values in there are separated by the | character ). So for example there’s this in the list:

style="default|silver|green|red|blue|brown|purple|cyan|lime|black"

So let’s say you want the style to be blue, this is the shortcode:

[cool_tag_cloud style="blue"]

Thread Starter nggum
(@nggum)

7 years ago

Thank you for your help!

Thread Starter nggum
(@nggum)

7 years ago

Solved…

Thread Starter nggum
(@nggum)

7 years ago

Hey I think the on_single_display=”global” command might be broken.
It doesn’t show all of my tags.

Here is my shortcode:

[cool_tag_cloud
font_family=”Verdana, Lucida, sans-serif”
align=”left”
font_weight=”normal”
number=”0″
order_by=”name”
order=”ASC”
taxonomy=”post_tag”
tooltip=”yes”
nofollow=”no”
animation=”no”
text_transform=”none”
on_single_display=”global” ] [/cool_tag_cloud]

Thank you

Plugin Author WPKube
(@wpkube)

7 years ago

Hi,

It’s global by default. You only need to set it to local if you need to show tags of the specific post, if you’re showing all of them no need for the parameter.

But it should still work fine if you set it to global (just not needed).

You’re not getting any tags shown with that shortcode?

Thread Starter nggum
(@nggum)

7 years ago

Hey,

I’d like to start by saying thanks for being so helpful and active!

Yea I don’t think the shortcode is working properly or I’m doing something wrong.

Here is the shortcode I’m using:

[cool_tag_cloud
font_family=”Verdana, Lucida, sans-serif”
align=”left”
font_weight=”normal”
number=”0″
order_by=”name”
order=”ASC”
taxonomy=”post_tag”
tooltip=”yes”
nofollow=”no”
animation=”no”
text_transform=”none”
smallest=”10″
largest=”20″ ] [/cool_tag_cloud]

It seems like none of the parameters are working as expected.
I tried changing everything but the page wasn’t updated and I’m not sure why.
I set the page visibility to private if that makes a difference.

Thanks again
Plugin Author WPKube
(@wpkube)

7 years ago
Hi,

You’re welcome.

Do you have line breaks in the shortcode you use or did you just add the line breaks in the message so it’s clearer which parameters you use? Because shortcodes can’t have line breaks added like that.

Try this:

[cool_tag_cloud font_family="Verdana, Lucida, sans-serif" align="left" font_weight="normal" number="0" order_by="name" order="ASC" taxonomy="post_tag" tooltip="yes" nofollow="no" animation="no" text_transform="none" smallest="10" largest="20"]

I just tried that one on my installation and worked fine.
- This reply was modified 7 years ago by WPKube.
Thread Starter nggum
(@nggum)

7 years ago

Yes, that was the issue. Thank you!

Plugin Author WPKube
(@wpkube)

7 years ago

Happy to hear it’s sorted out. You’re welcome.

Thread Starter nggum
(@nggum)

7 years ago

Is this supposed to work on pages as well as posts?

When I put this shortcode on a page, the result is just an empty small box.

Plugin Author WPKube
(@wpkube)

7 years ago

Yeah, should work on pages as well. Are you perhaps setting the on_single_display to local? Pages don’t have tags so it won’t work as local there.

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