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WordPress 5 Complete

You're reading from   WordPress 5 Complete Build beautiful and feature-rich websites from scratch

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789532012
Length 432 pages
Edition 7th Edition
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: WordPress FREE CHAPTER
2. Introducing WordPress 3. Getting Started with WordPress 4. Creating Blog Content 5. Pages, Media, and Importing/Exporting Content 6. Section 2: Customizing WordPress
7. Plugins - What They Are and Why You Need Them 8. Securing your WordPress Website 9. Choosing and Installing Themes 10. Customizing your Website Appearance/Design 11. Developing your Own Theme 12. Social Media Integration, Podcasting, and HTTPS 13. Developing Plugins, Widgets, and an Introduction to REST API 14. Section 3: Non-Blog Websites
15. Creating a Non-Blog Website Part One - The Basics 16. Creating a Non-Blog Website Part Two - E-Commerce Websites and Custom Content Elements 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Shortcodes

Shortcodes are a handy way to let a non-technical person, such as an editor of a website, include dynamic content within pages and posts, without having to actually use any PHP, complex HTML structures, or custom JavaScript. In other words, shortcodes are handy reusable pieces of code, yet they don't require any actual coding experience or knowledge on the end user's part.

Shortcodes and the way they work

The way a shortcode works is that you tell WordPress to look at the text within square brackets ([]) and evaluate it by running a PHP function. That PHP function can live in the functions.php file of your theme, or in a plugin file, or in a widget file. Let's create a simple shortcode and include...

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