Anything Shortcodes

A powerful WordPress plugin that lets you retrieve and display virtually any data in WordPress using simple shortcodes. Effortlessly pull information from posts, users, options, and more — with support for dynamic attribute parsing, flexible formatting, and customizable output wrapping.

It supports:

– Post Field

– Post Meta

– Term Field

– Term Meta (coming soon)

– User Field

– User Meta

– Link

– Option

– Function (whitelisted)

You can also:

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– Add before/after text

– Use fallback values

– Use nested shortcodes inside attributes

– Use URL parameters as values

– Cache output

– Secure and sanitize output

Shortcode Usage

General syntax:

[anys type="TYPE" name="KEY" id="ID" before="TEXT" after="TEXT" fallback="TEXT" format="FORMAT" delimiter="DELIMITER"]

Attributes:

– type — post-field, post-meta, user-field, user-meta, option, function (required)

– name — The field name, meta key, option name, or function call (required)

– id — Post ID or User ID (optional; defaults to current context)

– before — Text to prepend before output (optional)

– after — Text to append after output (optional)

– fallback — Value if empty (optional)

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– delimiter — Separator used to join multiple values (optional)

Supported Types and Examples

Post Field

Retrieve standard post fields by name.

Examples:

• [anys type="post-field" name="post_title"] — Shows the post title.

• [anys type="post-field" name="post_date" format="date"] — Shows the post publish date (formatted).

• [anys type="post-field" name="post_author" id="123"] — Shows the author ID of post 123.

• [anys type="post-field" name="post_content" fallback="No content"] — Shows the post content or fallback text.

Other fields supported: ID, post_name, post_excerpt, post_status, comment_status, ping_status, post_password, post_parent, menu_order, guid, post_type, post_mime_type, post_modified, post_modified_gmt

Post Meta

Retrieve post meta by key.

Examples:

• [anys type="post-meta" name="my_meta_key"] — Shows value of my_meta_key.

• [anys type="post-meta" name="price" id="456" format="number"] — Shows the price of post 456, formatted as number.

• [anys type="post-meta" name="release_date" format="date"] — Shows release date formatted as date.

Term Field

Retrieve standard term fields by name.

Examples:

• [anys type="term-field" name="name"] — Shows the term name.

• [anys type="term-field" name="slug"] — Shows the term slug.

• [anys type="term-field" name="term_id" id="15"] — Shows the ID of term 15.

• [anys type="term-field" name="taxonomy" id="15"] — Shows the taxonomy of term 15.

• [anys type="term-field" name="description" fallback="No description"] — Shows term description or fallback text.

• [anys type="term-field" name="count" id="15" format="number"] — Shows the number of posts in term 15.

Other fields supported: term_group, parent

Notes:

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User Field

Retrieve user standard fields.

Examples:

• [anys type="user-field" name="user_email" id="12"] — Shows email of user 12.

• [anys type="user-field" name="display_name"] — Shows current user display name.

• [anys type="user-field" name="user_registered" format="date"] — Shows user registration date.

Common user fields: ID, user_login, user_nicename, user_url, user_activation_key, user_status, description

User Meta

Retrieve user meta by key.

Examples:

• [anys type="user-meta" name="favorite_color" id="12"] — Shows favorite_color of user 12.

• [anys type="user-meta" name="profile_phone"] — Shows current user’s phone.

Link

Retrieve URLs or generate link anchors for common WordPress locations.

Examples:

• [anys type="link" name="logout"] — Returns the logout URL.

• [anys type="link" name="logout" redirect="/"] — Returns the logout URL and redirects to home after logout.

• [anys type="link" name="login" redirect="/dashboard"] — Returns the login URL with redirect to /dashboard.

• [anys type="link" name="register"] — Returns the registration URL.

• [anys type="link" name="home"] — Returns the home page URL.

• [anys type="link" name="siteurl"] — Returns the main site URL.

• [anys type="link" name="admin"] — Returns the WordPress admin URL.

• [anys type="link" name="profile"] — Returns the user profile page URL.

• [anys type="link" name="post" id="123"] — Returns the permalink for post with ID 123.

• [anys type="link" name="term" id="45"] — Returns the archive link for term with ID 45.

• [anys type="link" name="current"] — Returns the current page URL.

• [anys type="link" name="auth"] — Dynamically returns the login or logout URL based on user status.

Formatting options:

• [anys type="link" name="logout" format="anchor"] — Outputs a clickable link: <a href="...">Logout</a>.

• [anys type="link" name="auth" format="anchor"] — Dynamically shows Login or Logout link depending on user state.

• [anys type="link" name="auth" format="anchor" label_logged_in="Sign Out" label_logged_out="Sign In"] — Customizes labels for both states.

Attributes supported:

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– redirect: Optional redirect URL (used for login/logout links).

– format: Either url (default) or anchor for clickable links.

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– label: Optional link text (default varies by type).

– label_logged_in: Custom label when the user is logged in (used with auth ).

– label_logged_out: Custom label when the user is logged out (used with auth ).

– id: Used for post and term links.

Option

Retrieve WordPress option values.

Examples:

• [anys type="option" name="blogname"] — Shows site title.

• [anys type="option" name="admin_email"] — Shows site admin email.

Function

Execute a whitelisted PHP function and optionally pass arguments.

Examples:

• [anys type="function" name="date_i18n, F j, Y"] — Shows today’s date.

• [anys type="function" name="sanitize_text_field, (anys type='option' name='blogdescription')"] — Sanitizes and shows site description.

• [anys type="function" name="date_i18n, F j, Y" before="Today is "] — Shows today’s date with custom prefix.

• [anys type="function" name="date_i18n, F j, Y" after="."] — Shows today’s date with custom suffix.

• [anys type="function" name="my_custom_function" fallback="N/A"] — Shows output of custom function or fallback.

• [anys type="function" name="my_custom_function" format="capitalize"] — Shows output of custom function and automatically capitalizes the output (e.g., “hello world” → “Hello World”).

• [anys type="function" name="my_custom_function" delimiter=", "] — Shows output of custom function. If the function returns an array, the values are joined using the given delimiter (e.g., ["apple", "banana"] → “apple, banana”).

Notes:

– Only functions whitelisted in plugin settings can be executed.

– Arguments can include other [anys] shortcodes using () instead of [].

– Output can be formatted or wrapped with before / after content and fallback.

Dynamic Attribute Parsing

Supports dynamic placeholders inside attribute values:

– {get:param} — gets value from $_GET[‘param’]

– {post:param} — gets value from $_POST[‘param’]

– {func:function_name,arg1,arg2} — calls a whitelisted PHP function

– {shortcode:(tag)} — parses nested shortcode (use () instead of [] )

– {const:CONSTANT_NAME} — replaces with PHP constant value

Example:

[anys type="post_field" name="post_title" id="{get:post_id}" before="Title: "]

Formatting Options

• date — Format timestamps using WordPress date format.

• datetime — Format timestamps using WordPress date and time format.

• number — Localized number format.

• json — Encode value as JSON string.

• serialize — Serialize PHP value.

• unserialize — Unserialize string if serialized.

• print_r — Human-readable output of variable.

• var_export — Parsable string representation.

• implode — Join array values.

• values — Join array values only.

• keys — Join array keys only.

• keys_values — Join array key-value pairs.

• capitalize — Capitalize words.

• uppercase — Uppercase all characters.

• lowercase — Lowercase all characters.

• strip_tags — Remove HTML/PHP tags.

Custom formats are supported via filters.

Hooks

Filters

– anys/attributes — Filter attributes before processing.

– anys/{type}/attributes — Filter attributes dynamically by type.

– anys/output — Filter final output.

– anys/{type}/output — Filter output dynamically by type.

– anys/link/handlers – Filter link handlers.

Actions

– anys/output/before — Fires before output.

– anys/{type}/output/before — Fires before output for specific type.

– anys/{type}/missing — Fires when handler file missing.

– anys/output/after — Fires after output.

– anys/{type}/output/after — Fires after output for specific type.

Security

• All inputs sanitized using WordPress functions.

• Function calls restricted to whitelisted list.

• Outputs sanitized with wp_kses_post().

• Dynamic parsing uses caching for performance.

Support & Contribution

For bugs, feature requests, or contributions, open an issue or PR on the plugin repository.

Thank you for using Anything Shortcodes!