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Arbitrary Shortcodes

Allows page content to contain arbitrary shortcodes (e.g., [email]) that are replaced by the values of the home page's custom fields.

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Tested up to WordPress 2.7
Current version1.0
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 2.7
Minimum stackWP 2.7.1 · PHP —
Directory statusactive
Last directory update11 May 200917y ago
Active installations10Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Arbitrary Shortcodes version 1.0 as active, updated 17y ago and tested up to WordPress 2.7.

Overview

About this plugin

Replaces Shortcodes with Homepage Custom Fields.

This plugin allows you to write your page content like this:

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Text with these shortcodes can be defined on any number of pages throughout your site.

The values of all of the shortcodes are controlled in a single location: the Custom Fields of your blog’s home page. com”.

This plugin requires that you have WordPress set to show a static Page on the home page under Settings->Reading and “Front page”.

So then, for all the custom fields entered on the home page, this plugin looks for shortcodes (in all pages) and replaces each of their values, upon output, with the relevant custom field value.

This is useful for if you want to fill many pages with text that includes an arbitrary number of shortcodes or template text and have all the values can be replaced in one place.

-By Phil Freo

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Plugin tags

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  • customfields
  • replace
  • shortcodes
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 2.7

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 2.7.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to2.7
Minimum requirementsWordPress 2.7.1 · PHP not listed
Update activity11 May 200917y ago

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