About this plugin
The internet is full of fake quotations attributed to the Buddha. By using this plugin you can help spread the actual words of the Buddha with your website visitors.
You can display this quote using a shortcode or a widget. (At the moment, there is no block for this plugin. )
org website so your readers can see the quotation in the context of the whole Dhammapada and have the chance to explore more real Buddha quotes.
Shortcode
To include a random Dhammapada in the content of a page or post, simply insert the shortcode
[random-dhammapada]
g. org, go to Settings>Real Buddha Quotes
Inserting into your theme
If you like to put the quotation somewhere on your website that does not allow shortcodes, you can add this PHP to one of your theme files:
echo random_dhp_shortcode();
This will insert the quotation. There are no parameters. Only try this if you are familiar with codign in PHP.
Always make a backup before changing templates.
Styling
Styling of the quotation and the citation is done through css. We recommend the following:
random-dhammapada{ border:solid 1px; padding:10px;}
rdhp-verse { font-style:italic;}
important;}
rdhp-verse { margin-bottom:0px;}
9em;}
g. Dhammapada 175) to appear on the next line, add this CSS:
rdhp-cite-link {display:block}
Drop cap
The following code could create a drop cap (first letter larger size).
1em; padding-left: 0px;
You will need to adjust all of the sizes and test on desktop as well as mobile to make sure it looks correct in different contexts.