Description
Deprecation Notice
This plugin is no longer in active development.
Please use the next-generation template system, Loops & Logic.
Overview
From a single field to entire pages, Custom Content Shortcode is a set of commands to display content where you need.
The [content] shortcode displays any of the following: posts, pages, custom post types, fields, images, menus, or widget areas.
The [loop] shortcode performs query loops. It can display, for example, available products in a category, or excerpts from the 5 most recent posts. You can query by parameters such as: post type, taxonomy, date, and field values.
There is a reference section under Settings -> Custom Content.
Included
Here are some of the included features:
- Wide range of query parameters to display site content
- Conditional content based on field value, login status, etc.
- Overview of your site’s content structure
- Relative URLs for links and images
- Cache the result of a query
- Optional: Gallery field, Mobile Detect, Math
Support for other plugins: Advanced Custom Fields, WCK Fields and Post Types
Screenshots
Documentation and examples 
Content overview page 
Gallery field
Installation
- Install & activate from Plugins -> Add New
- See: Settings -> Custom Content
Reviews
September 14, 2022
This plugin makes working with complex data structures a breeze.
September 1, 2021
This is amazing. Saved me hours and hours, and ended up with a much better site in the end.
Thank you
August 10, 2021
I wish I'd found this years ago.
I've used this plugin to create detailed, dynamic loops in very complex sites, saving hours on hours of custom programming. It can draw from WordPress loops, ACF fields, you name it. It's truly fantastic.
But what prompted this review was this morning's revelation, that it can create "meta shortcodes" - so once you get your complex shortcode-loop structure built, you can create a shortcode out of that, and replace it all with one easy-to-use shortcode. I'm so excited to have found this.
May 6, 2021
Amazing plugin. At a time when many web sites are implemented on templates (wpbakery, Divi, Elementor) that have huge restrictions, this plugin allows you to bypass these restrictions. This plugin deserves your support.
In combination with ACF, it gives us a lot of possibilities.
I think it's worth refreshing the plug. The plug eats my paragraphs 🙂
April 15, 2021
I use it on several sites and it is really a very good tool. I would like maybe more regular updates to be sure that he still has many years of existence ahead of him ...
February 12, 2021
Thanks for this! It allowed us to replace a huge chunk of code that was tangled up in a Pro theme when we redid a website (in an effort to simplify it). We used the plugin to pull a title, a preview (featured image), a download URL, and a PDF viewer URL from an ACF / custom post type and display all that in a sidebar widget.
Contributors & Developers
“Custom Content Shortcode” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Interested in development?
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Changelog
4.0.2
- Restrict shortcodes by constants: DISALLOW_UNFILTERED_HTML and DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT
- Restrict shortcodes by author capabilities: unfiltered_html and edit_plugins/edit_themes
- Add setting to enable shortcodes for non-admin authors (not recommended)
4.0.1
- Correct stable tag in readme.txt
- Use HTTP API instead of CURL
- Use wp_enqueue instead of inline style/script
- Sanitize and escape data input/output
Breaking changes
- Enable certain shortcodes only within posts authored by an admin user
- Remove features that allowed users to load custom CSS/JS
- Load shortcode: css, js, gfonts
- Auto-loaded fields: css, js, html
3.8.8
- Add message about plugin retirement and move to Loops & Logic
- Thanks to @Pross for improvements
- Improve compatibility with PHP 8
- Field shortcode: Improve get_the_excerpt filter
- Test compatibility with WordPress 5.9
3.8.7
- Test compatibility with WordPress 5.7
3.8.6
- Improve getting shortcode function names in Content Overview
3.8.5
- Correct output of ACF field label when multiple choices are selected
3.8.4
- Remove deprecation warning about non-static method CCS_Loop::include_children
3.8.3
- Improve compatibility with PHP 7.2
- Update to Parsedown library 1.7.3 for documentation pages
- Math module: Use variable function call for built-in functions
3.8.2
- Pass: Allow passing user fields that are arrays or objects – thanks to @jrevillini
- Improve compatibility with PHP 5.3
3.8.1
- Compatibility with WP 5.0.2 and PHP 7.2
- Improve support and documentation for shortcodes inside HTML attributes
3.8.0
- [link] – Add parameter download; set “true” or file name
3.7.9
- [if user_field contains] – Support searching multiple user fields
- [related] – Support ACF relational type users
- [related user_field] – Support related posts from a user field
3.7.8
- [if image] – Check correct current post when inside [related]
3.7.7
- [related] – Add parameter offset to skip the first X number of posts
- [if] – Improve logic to count repeater fields
3.7.6
- [each] – Add default field count for each term’s post count
3.7.5
- [if] – Add parameter count for field value array, such as relationship fields
- [if] – Improve field=content,excerpt with parameter contains
- [is] – Allow nested
- Content overview: cleaner list of shortcodes
3.7.4
- [loop], [loopage] – Add parameter query to use custom query variable for pagination
3.7.3
- [user] – Add field registered and parameter format (“relative” or custom format)
- Settings – Add option to enable shortcodes in widget title
3.7.1
- [format] – Add parameters split and part; handle field values of number type in list
- [attached] – Add field download-url, to get URL to actual PDF file instead of generated preview image
- [url register] – URL to registration form under wp-login
- [pass] – Add parameter trim=all to remove all white space, new lines, tabs
- ACF [related] – Add parameters start and count
- Improve use of content filter with other plugins; support for Beaver Themer in progress
3.7.0
- Minor fixes in reference pages