Tips for using shortcodes

The shortcode is a simple and flexible way of adding reusable functionality to a site. However, there are pros and cons of using shortcodes. As a developer, you need to understand when to use shortcodes and how to build quality shortcodes. The following tips will help you improve the shortcodes, as well as avoid unnecessary issues:

  • Filtering shortcode output: Usually, we create some content within the shortcode and directly return the content as output. There are some plugins that use a filter on the output of a shortcode. It's a great way of adding more flexibility where the developers can control the shortcode output of other plugins.
  • Using nested shortcodes: We can add shortcodes inside other shortcodes to get ...

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