Title: Future request: shortcode for pages
Last modified: November 2, 2017

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# Future request: shortcode for pages

 *  Resolved [webby102](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webby102/)
 * (@webby102)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/future-request-shortcode-for-pages/)
 * Hi there again.
 * I was wondering, is there any way to have the meetings list page behave like 
   a regular WordPress page? Ideally, it would be nice to just create a standard
   WordPress page, get a shortcode from your plugin, paste that shortcode in the
   newly created page and be done. That would allow us to “easily” maintain the 
   page, use a heading, sidebar widgets, etc.. without having to revert to a hack.
 * In the FAQ I saw “How can I override the meeting list or detail pages?”. That
   gets close but there is the issue of having to remember to monitor the page for
   breakage after an update.
 * Maybe you could consider it for a future update:)
 * Thanks!
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [webby102](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webby102/).

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 *  [meetingguide](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meetingguide/)
 * (@meetingguide)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/future-request-shortcode-for-pages/#post-9646013)
 * Thanks. Yes, I’ve heard this request before.
 * It’s not very simple to implement though. There’s a lot of logic that happens
   on that page, so it’s a lot to incorporate into a shortcode. And exposes us to
   more theme conflicts, which is not a thrilling prospect. But most of all, the
   plugin needs to know the address of the page that the user puts the list on, 
   for the detail page back buttons. I’m not sure how to know that, and moreover,
   there’s nothing to stop the user then from having multiple pages.
 * That was one request actually, that you be able to make individual landing pages
   for reach region with a shortcode. There’s a definite case to be made for that
   from an SEO perspective.
 * It just seems like a lot more than I have capacity for right now, but I’ll keep
   thinking about it.
 * This is open source, so anyone who can do a good job is free to jump in 🙂
 *  [lovethecode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovethecode/)
 * (@lovethecode)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/future-request-shortcode-for-pages/#post-9646052)
 * make a taxonomy page preserving your theme titled taxonomy-tsml_region.php, activate
   a Tag Cloud to show Meeting Places by City, selecting the Regions taxonomy in
   the Tag Cloud. Fuse the following code into your theme in the taxonomy-tsml_region.
   php in your theme folder:
 * <table class=”tsml_region table table-striped”><thead><tr><th class=”location”
   >Meeting Place</th></thead><tbody>
    <?php $tax = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
   echo “<h1>Region: “. $tax->name.”</h1>”; ?> <?php // do_action( ‘__before_loop’);##
   hooks the header of the list of post : archive, search… ?>
 *  <?php if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) :
   $the_query->the_post();
    $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘tsml_meeting’, ‘post_status’
   => ‘published’, ‘numberposts’ => -1, ); $number = count( get_posts( $args ) );
 * //$number = count(get_posts(‘post_type=tsml_meeting&post_status=publish&numberposts
   =-1&orderby=name&order=asc’));
    ?> <tr><td>“><?php the_title(); ?> <?php // echo
   $number; ?></td></tr>
 *  <?php endwhile; ?>
 *  <?php endif; ##end if have posts ?>
 *  <?php // do_action( ‘__after_loop’ );##hook of the comments and the posts navigation
   with priorities 10 and 20 ?>
    </tbody></table>
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [lovethecode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovethecode/).
      Reason: clarification
 *  [lovethecode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovethecode/)
 * (@lovethecode)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/future-request-shortcode-for-pages/#post-9648904)
 * although, the point of an override is to create a page that can be preserved 
   though updates.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [lovethecode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovethecode/).

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 * Last reply from: [lovethecode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovethecode/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/future-request-shortcode-for-pages/#post-9648904)
 * Status: resolved