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Revision: 57576
at June 1, 2012 14:09 by planetabhi


Initial Code
// shortcode button

add_action('media_buttons','add_sc_select',11);
function add_sc_select(){
    global $shortcode_tags;
     /* ------------------------------------- */
     /* enter names of shortcode to exclude bellow */
     /* ------------------------------------- */
    $exclude = array("wp_caption", "embed");
    echo '&nbsp;<select id="sc_select"><option>Shortcode</option>';
    foreach ($shortcode_tags as $key => $val){
            if(!in_array($key,$exclude)){
            $shortcodes_list .= '<option value="['.$key.'][/'.$key.']">'.$key.'</option>';
            }
        }
     echo $shortcodes_list;
     echo '</select>';
}
add_action('admin_head', 'button_js');
function button_js() {
        echo '<script type="text/javascript">
        jQuery(document).ready(function(){
           jQuery("#sc_select").change(function() {
                          send_to_editor(jQuery("#sc_select :selected").val());
                          return false;
                });
        });
        </script>';
}

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Initial Description
Add this snippet to the functions.php of your wordpress theme. This will add a select menu with an automatically generated list of your shortcodes for your pages and posts.

Initial Title
Automatic shortcode selection in wordpress

Initial Tags
php, wordpress

Initial Language
PHP