Shortcodes in the functions.php file not working

  • Resolved bluegum

    (@bluegum)


    13 years, 1 month ago

    I am trying make the shortcodes work, but it isn’t working. What I am really trying to do is to create a functions.php file with shortcodes, then place the shortcodes into a page via the Add New Page.

    One of the shortcodes in the functions.php:

    function contactus($atts) {
	 extract(shortcode_atts(array(
		$contactus_page_post_id = 26,
		$contactus_page_post = get_post($contactus_page_post_id, ARRAY_A),
		$content_contactus = $contactus_page_post['post_content'],
	 ), $atts));

		return $content_contactus;
}

add_shortcode('contact', 'contactus');

    With the actual shortcode like this: [contactus=”contact”]. Can someone please tell me how I can make the shortcodes work? Thanks in advance.

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  • Thread Starter bluegum

    (@bluegum)

    Please someone help me with this.

    Thread Starter bluegum

    (@bluegum)

    I have finally worked out why my shortcode wasn’t working. The solution is what I had to change in the page.php and then I made some adjustments to the code in the functions.php. The code I placed in the page.php is:

    $home_page_id = 53;
$home_page = get_page($home_page_id);
$content_page = $home_page->post_content;
$content = apply_filters('the_content', $home_page->post_content);
echo $content;

    And in the functions.php I adjusted the code to:

    function contactus() {
	$contactus_page_id = 26;
	$contactus_page = get_page($contactus_page_id);
	$content_page = $contactus_page->post_content;
	$content = apply_filters('the_content', $contactus_page->post_content);

	return $content;
}

add_shortcode('contactuscontent', 'contactus');

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