Wordpress: Parameter for Shortcode function

Question

I am trying to create a shortcode in Wordpress, in which the function that is called with the shortcode tag gets the shortcode tag as parameter.

So say I have

<?php
var $shortcode = 'my_shortcode_tag';
add_shortcode( $shortcode, 'my_shortcode_function');
?>

then I want 'my_shortcode_function' to know the shortcode tag by it was called. I know that I could use attributes as in [my_shortcode_tag tag='my_shortcode_tag'] when I call the shortcode in my actual post, but I want to be able to just write [my_shortcode_tag] and my function to know that it was called by that tag. Is there a way to do this?

Simon Scarfe · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-27 15:21:57Z

4

This is sent in as the third argument to a shortcode function (as mentioned in the Shortcodes API).

for example:

add_shortcode( 'shortcode1', 'my_shortcode_function');
add_shortcode( 'shortcode2', 'my_shortcode_function');

function my_shortcode_function($atts, $content, $sc) {
    return $sc;
}

this will output the name of the shortcode called for that function.

answered Sep 27, 2011 at 15:21

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