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WordPress Shortcode API

Though I have been using WordPress for over a year, some of its features still amaze and surprise me.

One of these features is the Shortcode API since version 2.5. As many would have used to insert photo galleries in a post, shortcodes are used to place custom "tags" in the content, which later will be converted or processed by WordPress or plugins.

For example:

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[gallery id="123" size="medium"]

The shortcode API processes the 'id' and 'size' attributes without the need to write regular expressions for string matching. Many have utilized this mechanism to construct a user-friendly environment for insert images, thumbnails, Google ads and more.

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Posted at 08:09:2802.17.2009.
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