Title: Multiple shortcodes at the same time?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Multiple shortcodes at the same time?

 *  [Ultic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultic/)
 * (@ultic)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-shortcodes-at-the-same-time/)
 * Hi.
 * I would like to make a website where I have my galleries listed in the sidebar,
   and when a gallery within the sidebar is clicked, the relating thumbnails show
   up in the main content page are. This behavior I have managed to produce by editing
   sidebar.php and crating a custom template, based on the condition “$url = “[http://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]&#8221](http://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]&#8221);
   I echo the short code I would like.
 * However….I want the sidebar galleries to stay as galleries when they are clicked,
   and only main content page displaying the thumbnails.
 * When a gallery is clicked, I manage only to get thumbnails in both sidebar and
   main content page or only main content page in main content page, no matter if
   the code in sidebar is static or dynamic.
 * It’s as if Nextgen will not allow two different “do_shortcode” based on the condition“
   $url = “[http://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]&#8221](http://$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]&#8221);
 * Do any one have an idea on how I can reach my goal?
 * Thanks in advanced for your help.
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 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-shortcodes-at-the-same-time/#post-4925865)
 * [@ultic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultic/) – Rather than extensive 
   custom code, have you tried any of the plugins that offer conditional display
   of widgets? This does read as though that is what you are trying to accomplish
   and it may be much easier to work with that idea instead.
 * – Cais.
 *  Thread Starter [Ultic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultic/)
 * (@ultic)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-shortcodes-at-the-same-time/#post-4925867)
 * [@cais](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cais/), thanks for taking your time
   to answer.
 * I have now looked into the plugin “Conditional Widgets” and “Dynamic Widgets”,
   however I felt it doesn’t bring me what I would like, though interesting plugins!
 * The sidebar I only want for navigation between galleries, but the content(thumbnails)
   of the galleries is to be displayed in the main content area.
 * Let’s say that in the sidebar widget I have [album id=1 template=extend]. When
   a gallery from [album id=1 template=extend] is clicked, the sidebar will display
   the corresponding gallery, as [nggallery id=X], what is standard behavior.
    If
   I instead link every gallery to a separate page with [nggallery id=X], I have
   the functionality I would like. Then sidebar will still output [album id=1 template
   =extend] and the main page [nggallery id=X]. But the downside is that it would
   require that I manually create a page for every gallery and link it, and I have
   do hide the page from showing up in the menu(as this I don’t want)
 * Where can I perhaps block globally the behavior that [album id=X template=extend]
   is resolved into [nggallery id=X], and just instead stay displayed as [album 
   id=X template=extend], though with a unique link pr. gallery?
 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-shortcodes-at-the-same-time/#post-4925868)
 * [@ultic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultic/) – If I am reading this correctly,
   you are aware of what the plugin does and how to get it to do what you want with
   its built in functionality (which I must say is an interesting and well thought
   out idea).
 * Now, you want to know how to essentially “break” this standard functionality 
   you are using (or are describing) to do this differently but still end up with
   the same end results?
 * I would not recommend modifying any of the plugin’s core code, but you may be
   able to create a custom template and/or custom display that will do what you 
   are expecting. Unfortunately our documentation on custom displays is still in
   need of an update and that may still be a little while before we get to that 
   as there are still many pressing issues our developers need to address first.
 * – Cais.

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