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User Shortcodes Plus

Description

Add simple user shortcodes to WordPress for displaying information, including custom meta and avatars, for any user.

Available Shortcodes:
– [user_id]
– [user_login]
– [user_email]
– [user_firstname]
– [user_lastname]
– [user_nicename]
– [user_display]
– [user_display_name] (alias)
– [user_registered]
– [user_avatar] (image)
– [user_avatar_url]
– [user_url]
– [user_website] (alias)
– [user_description]
– [user_bio] (alias)

Displaying userdata for another user:

ex. [user_email id=2]

Screenshots

  • Shortcodes can be added to any post type via the content editor.
  • Each shortcode is replaced with the user's data, when available.
  • Shortcodes can be inserted using the 'Add User Shortcode' button on the TinyMCE editor.
  • A specific user cna be specified by adding the 'id' attribute to the shortcode.
  • Any user metadata can be displayed using the [user_meta] shortcode with a specified 'key' attribute.

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

  1. Upload the user-shortcodes-plus directory to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Add shortcodes to the content of any post type.

FAQ

What shortcodes are supported?

  • [user_id]
  • [user_login]
  • [user_email]
  • [user_firstname]
  • [user_lastname]
  • [user_nicename]
  • [user_display]
  • [user_display_name] (alias)
  • [user_registered]
  • [user_avatar] (image)
  • [user_avatar_url]
  • [user_url]
  • [user_website] (alias)
  • [user_description]
  • [user_bio] (alias)

Reviews

Ogwomunaana (Muwakanya) 6, 2022
Thanks for the plugin ! Really helped me
Muzigo 19, 2020
Been using this for several years on our sites and have not had any issues with it, works just as expected and makes your cooler 🙂 Keep up the good work
Kafuumuulampawu 20, 2020
I just needed to show the user name and avatar on a widget and this plugin does that together with more option all straight out of the box.
Ogwomunaana (Muwakanya) 10, 2019 1 reply
Still working.. Please update status for latest wordpress.. Ty so much!
Mugulansigo 28, 2019
Thank you so much God bless you
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Contributors & Developers

“User Shortcodes Plus” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

2.0.2

  • Add autocomplete support for the Block Editor (Gutenberg).

2.0.1

  • Fixed a bug with showing the TinyMCE Button on new posts/pages.

2.0.0

  • Add support for [user_url] and [user_website] shortcodes.
  • Add support for [user_description] and [user_bio] shortcodes.
  • Add TinyMCE editor button for easily adding shortcodes.
  • Restructure plugin for extendability.

1.0.1

  • Add support for [user_avatar] and [user_avatar_url].

1.0.0

  • Initial Commit