Anything Shortcodes

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A powerful WordPress plugin that lets you retrieve and display virtually any data in WordPress using simple shortcodes. Effortlessly pull information from posts, users, options, and more — with support for dynamic attribute parsing, flexible formatting, and customizable output wrapping. It supports: – Post fields – Post meta – User fields – User meta – Options – Functions (whitelisted) – Nested shortcodes inside attributes – URL parameters as values You can also: – Apply custom formatting (date, datetime, number, capitalize, uppercase, lowercase, strip_tags, etc.) – Add before/after text – Use fallback values – Cache output – Secure and sanitize output Shortcode Usage General syntax: [anys type="TYPE" name="KEY" id="ID" before="TEXT" after="TEXT" fallback="TEXT" format="FORMAT" delimiter="DELIMITER"] Attributes: – type — post-field, post-meta, user-field, user-meta, option, function (required) – name — The field name, meta key, option name, or function call (required) – id — Post ID or User ID (optional; defaults to current context) – before — Text to prepend before output (optional) – after — Text to append after output (optional) – fallback — Value if empty (optional) – format — Output formatting type (optional: date, datetime, number, capitalize, uppercase, lowercase, strip_tags, values, keys_values, etc.) – delimiter — Separator used to join multiple values (optional) Supported Types and Examples Post Field Retrieve standard post fields by name. Attribute Example name="post_title" [anys type="post-field" name="post_title"] name="post_date" [anys type="post-field" name="post_date" format="date"] name="post_author" [anys type="post-field" name="post_author" id="123"] name="post_content" [anys type="post-field" name="post_content" fallback="No content"] Other fields supported: ID, post_name, post_excerpt, post_status, comment_status, ping_status, post_password, post_parent, menu_order, guid, post_type, post_mime_type, post_modified, post_modified_gmt Post Meta Retrieve post meta by key. Attribute Example name="my_meta_key" [anys type="post-meta" name="my_meta_key"] name="price" [anys type="post-meta" name="price" id="456" format="number"] name="release_date" [anys type="post-meta" name="release_date" format="date"] User Field Retrieve user standard fields. Attribute Example name="user_email" [anys type="user-field" name="user_email" id="12"] name="display_name" [anys type="user-field" name="display_name"] name="user_registered" [anys type="user-field" name="user_registered" format="date"] Common user fields: ID, user_login, user_nicename, user_url, user_activation_key, user_status, description User Meta Retrieve user meta by key. Attribute Example name="favorite_color" [anys type="user-meta" name="favorite_color" id="12"] name="profile_phone" [anys type="user-meta" name="profile_phone"] Option Retrieve WordPress option values. Attribute Example name="blogname" [anys type="option" name="blogname"] name="admin_email" [anys type="option" name="admin_email"] Function Execute a whitelisted PHP function and optionally pass arguments. Attribute Example name="date_i18n, F j, Y" [anys type="function" name="date_i18n, F j, Y"] name="sanitize_text_field, (anys type='option' name='blogdescription')" [anys type="function" name="sanitize_text_field, (anys type='option' name='blogdescription')"] before="Today is " [anys type="function" name="date_i18n, F j, Y" before="Today is "] after="." [anys type="function" name="date_i18n, F j, Y" after="."] fallback="N/A" [anys type="function" name="my_custom_function" fallback="N/A"] format="capitalize" [anys type="function" name="my_custom_function" format="capitalize"] delimiter=", " [anys type="function" name="my_custom_function" delimiter=", "] Notes: – Only functions whitelisted in plugin settings can be executed. – Arguments can include other [anys] shortcodes using () instead of []. – Output can be formatted or wrapped with before/after content and fallback. Dynamic Attribute Parsing Supports dynamic placeholders inside attribute values: – {get:param} — gets value from $_GET[‘param’] – {post:param} — gets value from $_POST[‘param’] – {func:function_name,arg1,arg2} — calls a whitelisted PHP function – {shortcode:(tag)} — parses nested shortcode (use () instead of []) – {const:CONSTANT_NAME} — replaces with PHP constant value Example: [anys type="post_field" name="post_title" id="{get:post_id}" before="Title: "] Formatting Options date — Format timestamps using WordPress date format. datetime — Format timestamps using WordPress date and time format. number — Localized number format. json — Encode value as JSON string. serialize — Serialize PHP value. unserialize — Unserialize string if serialized. print_r — Human-readable output of variable. var_export — Parsable string representation. implode — Join array values. values — Join array values only. keys — Join array keys only. keys_values — Join array key-value pairs. capitalize — Capitalize words. uppercase — Uppercase all characters. lowercase — Lowercase all characters. strip_tags — Remove HTML/PHP tags. Custom formats are supported via filters. Hooks Filters – anys/attributes — Filter attributes before processing. – anys/{type}/attributes — Filter attributes dynamically by type. – anys/output — Filter final output. – anys/{type}/output — Filter output dynamically by type. Actions – anys/output/before — Fires before output. – anys/{type}/output/before — Fires before output for specific type. – anys/{type}/missing — Fires when handler file missing. – anys/output/after — Fires after output. – anys/{type}/output/after — Fires after output for specific type. Security All inputs sanitized using WordPress functions. Function calls restricted to whitelisted list. Outputs sanitized with wp_kses_post(). Dynamic parsing uses caching for performance. Support & Contribution For bugs, feature requests, or contributions, open an issue or PR on the plugin repository. Thank you for using Anything Shortcodes!