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Social Media Shortcodes

by Michael Beckwith

5.0
(2 ratings)

This plugin registers shortcodes for the following websites, social service on the left, format for the shortcode on the right:

Service / shortcode version

  • Blogger [blogger]
  • BookHype [bookhype]
  • Colourlovers [colourlovers]
  • DeviantArt [deviantart]
  • Digg [digg]
  • Dribbble [dribbble]
  • Etsy [etsy]
  • Facebook [facebook]
  • Flickr [flickr]
  • Flipboard [flipboard]
  • GitHub [github]
  • Goodreads [goodreads]
  • HackerNews [hackernews]
  • IMDb [imdb]
  • Instagram [instagram]
  • Last.FM [lastfm]
  • LinkedIn [linkedin]
  • Myspace [myspace]
  • Patreon [patreon]
  • Pinterest [pinterest]
  • Reddit [reddit]
  • Slideshare [slideshare]
  • SpaceHey [spacehey]
  • Soundcloud [soundcloud]
  • TikTok [tiktok]
  • Twitch [twitch]
  • Twitter [twitter]
  • Vimeo
  • X [x]
  • Yelp [yelp]
  • YouTube

All examples updated for v1.1

Example 1:

[twitter name="JoeSomeone" text="some text you want the link to appear as"]

results in this on your post/page:

<a href="http://www.twitter.com/JoeSomeone" title="JoeSomeone's Twitter profile" class="twitter_smsc">some text you want the link to appear as</a>

Example 2:

[twitter name="JoeSomeone"]

results in this on your post/page.

<a href="http://www.twitter.com/JoeSomeone" title="JoeSomeone's Twitter profile" class="twitter_smsc">JoeSomeone (Twitter)</a>

Example 3:

[twitter name="JoeSomeone" target="_blank"]

results in on your post/page.:

<a href="http://www.twitter.com/JoeSomeone" title="JoeSomeone's Twitter profile" target="_blank" class="twitter_smsc">JoeSomeone (Twitter)</a>

Filters:

function example_add_site( $sites ) {
    $sites['somesite'] = array( 'Some Site', 'http://www.somesite.com/user/' );

    //Return the $sites array
    return $sites;
}
add_filter( 'smsc_shortcodes', 'example_add_site' );

function example_add_classes( $classes ) {
    $classes[] = 'someclass';

    return $classes;
}
add_filter( 'smsc_classes', 'example_add_classes' );

function example_change_final_link( $output, $shortcode ) {
    if ( 'somesite' == $shortcode ) {
        $output_new = $output . ' <--Awesome profile!';
    }

    return $output_new;
}
add_filter( 'smsc_final_link', 'example_change_final_link', 10, 2 );

Plugin Details

Active Installs
30
Total Downloads
9,656
Version
1.3.2
Requires WP
5.2
Requires PHP
5.6
Tested Up To
6.8.8
Added
2012-08-18
Last Updated
2025-09-10 11:12pm GMT

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