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One-liners

Description

A custom post type, shortcode, and widget to display random one-line quips on your site. Can be used for random quotes, jokes, etc.

Use and Options

Options

Options are accessible under the ‘Oneliners’ menu. The only option is the slug for the post type.

Widget

The widget has only two options: “Title” and “Display as permalink”.

Shortcode

random-oneliner

The shortcode can take any parameters that the WP_Query() object can take, with the exception of post_type. The defaults are: posts_per_page="1" orderby="rand"

In addition, the display_as_link parameter can be set to true to output the oneliner with it’s permalink.

Installation

  1. Upload the contents of the zip file to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory or use the WordPress plugin uploader.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

FAQ

What is the format and parameters for the shortcode?

random-oneliner

The shortcode can take any parameters that the WP_Query() object can take, with the exception of post_type. The defaults are: posts_per_page="1" orderby="rand"

In addition, the display_as_link parameter can be set to true to output the oneliner with it’s permalink.

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Contributors & Developers

“One-liners” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

3.1.0

  • Added options for custom slug

3.0.0

  • Total and complete update
  • Renamed to One Liners
  • Restructured the base class
  • Created a dedicated widget class
  • Activation/deactivation hook
  • Options for displaying quote as link

2.0.0

  • Updated names and post type cause it was more clear

1.1.1

  • security update on shortcode

1.1.0

  • added initialization hook: thebrent_oneliners_init;
  • added three filter hooks: thebrent_oneliners_random_quote_args, thebrent_oneliners_random_quote, thebrent_oneliners_show;
  • added the ability to parametarize the shortcode

1.0.0

  • moved everything into a class; added internationalization capability

0.4.0

  • added widget

0.3.0

  • added shortcode

0.2.2

  • added post type icon

0.2.1

  • added menu icons

0.2.0

  • not sure why it went to 1.1, but it did

0.1.0

  • First stable working version