Hello there, Shortcode is one of the powerful feature of WordPress.In this tutorial we will learn about how easily we can create our custom shortcode in WordPress.
I create a function my_awesome_shortcode() and output Hello World by it. Now I want to create a shortcode [awesome]. And when I add this shortcode to any WordPress page or post, then it will return the value of my_awesome_shortcode() function. Simple Yeah ?
Well, take a look on the code.
function my_awesome_shortcode(){
echo "Hello World";
}
add_shortcode('awesome','my_awesome_shortcode');
Add this code to functions.php then add this shortcode [awesome] to any of your page or post.
add_shortcode() is an action hook that used to create shortcode. First parameter is the shortcode name that we use between a square brackets [awesome] . Second parameter is the function name that will return a value when we use this shortcode.