I am new to WordPress and I’ve seen this term passed around.
What is a short code?
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I am new to WordPress and I’ve seen this term passed around.
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“Shortcode” is a user friendly way of inserting various WordPress plugins/scripts into a page without having to know a lot of fancy HTML/JavaScript/PHP in order to make it happen.
Take, for example, embedding an mp3 file into a post on a hosted WordPress site. Instead of having to setup the proper code for a flash player or fiddle with some fancy JavaScript, you can use the following shortcode in the editor. You don’t even switch to HTML mode…
…and WordPress does the rest for you.
You’ll find a lot of plugins for WordPress (such as Contact Form 7 and others) use this convention.
Not long ago i posted a nice explanation: Shotcodes because its shorter!
It covers in short:
Worth a look.
These are WordPress.com specific shortcodes, but they give you an idea of the power of using them.