{"id":5372,"date":"2009-04-23T16:26:19","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T16:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins-wp\/meta-functions-shortcode\/"},"modified":"2009-06-04T05:34:13","modified_gmt":"2009-06-04T05:34:13","slug":"meta-functions-shortcode","status":"closed","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/snd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/meta-functions-shortcode\/","author":2522575,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"3.4","stable_tag":"trunk","tested":"2.7.1","requires":"2.7","requires_php":"","requires_plugins":"","header_name":"Meta Functions Shortcode","header_author":"Matthias Amacher","header_description":"","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2009-06-04 05:34:13","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"http:\/\/www.matthiasamacher.ch\/wordpress\/meta-functions-shortcode","header_plugin_uri":"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/meta-functions-shortcode","header_author_uri":"http:\/\/www.matthiasamacher.ch","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":10,"downloads":2318,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq"],"tags":[],"upgrade_notice":[],"ratings":{"1":0,"2":0,"3":0,"4":0,"5":0},"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0","2.0","3.3"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":{"screenshot-1.jpg":{"filename":"screenshot-1.jpg","revision":"1566831","resolution":"1","location":"plugin","width":982,"height":312}},"screenshots":{"1":"This is a screenshot of the extionsion mechanism in the admin panel."}},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[2010,683,80],"plugin_category":[43],"plugin_contributors":[92437],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-5372","plugin","type-plugin","status-closed","hentry","plugin_tags-custom-fields","plugin_tags-meta","plugin_tags-shortcode","plugin_category-customization","plugin_contributors-noby","plugin_committers-noby"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/meta-functions-shortcode.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[{"src":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/meta-functions-shortcode\/trunk\/screenshot-1.jpg?rev=1566831","caption":"This is a screenshot of the extionsion mechanism in the admin panel."}],"raw_content":"\n

The \u201cMeta Functions Shortcode\u201d Plugin installs the Shortcode \u2018meta\u2019. With it you can access the custom fields of your articles by a simple shortcode.<\/p>\n\n

Shortcode Syntax: [meta func=\"\" name=\"\" alt=\"\"]<\/code><\/p>\n\n

The shortcode has three functions yet:<\/p>\n\n

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  1. func=\u201durl\u201d\n Displays a link using your custom field in \u201cname\u201d as the link target and \u201calt\u201d as the caption. If \u201calt\u201d is empty the link target is used as the caption.<\/li>\n
  2. func=\u201dplain\u201d\n Simply displays the custom field in \u201cname\u201d as plain text. If the field is empty it displays the text in \u201calt\u201d.<\/li>\n
  3. func=\u201dimg\u201d\n Inserts the image at the url in your custom field \u201cname\u201d into the article. The \u201calt\u201d argument is used as the images alternative text attribute.<\/li>\n
  4. More functions in later versions of the plugin\u2026 Or extend the plugin on your own. See Extending the Plugin (under Other Notes) for details.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

    Example<\/h4>\n\n
    [meta func=\"url\" name=\"download_url\" alt=\"Download here\"]\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
    This little code in your article displays a link using your custom field \u201cdownload_url\u201d as the link target and \u201cDownload here\u201d as the caption. If you leave the \u201calt\u201d argument empty then it uses the link target as the caption.<\/p>\n\n
    The resulting html code is:<\/p>\n\n
    <a href='{download_url}'>{alt}<\/a>\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
    Extending the Shortcode<\/h3>\n\n
    Method 1: Hardcoded<\/h4>\n\n
    You can extend the plugin by adding the PHP function<\/p>\n\n
    function meta_functions_shortcode_{func}($meta, $alt=\"\") {\n       return \"your desired text or generated html content\";\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n
    by writing your own plugin file with the function in it. Be sure to replace {func} with your desired function name (will result in the parameter \u201cfunc\u201d in the shortcode). $meta will be the value of the custom field and $alt the \u201calt\u201d parameter.<\/p>\n\n
    The function should return the text by which the shortcode will be replaced. For example the \u201c_plain\u201d function simply returns $meta or $alt if $meta is empty.<\/p>\n\n
    Method 2: In the admin panel<\/h4>\n\n
    This method is more convenient. You can add new functions in the admin panel. For this go to the options page called \"Meta Functions Shortcode\".\nHere you can enter a new function name, specify parameter names and set the output html code with the parameters.<\/p>\n\n
    Example:<\/p>\n\n