Using %postname% variable in Twitter shortcode

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   rerockstar
   Member

   I'm using the Twitter shortcode (and others) at the bottom of posts. I'd like to wake a widget of that text (for Twitter, Facebook, and Google+) so I can add it to every post easily. Basically trying to create a "social" widget for every post.

   I'd like the prefilled Twitter text to use the %postname% variable in addition to some other text.

   Is there a way to allow the variable name? I tried, but of course it just outputs "%postname%" and not the value of the variable.

   If I can figure it out, I'd gladly post the widget code for all to use.

   Posted 9 months ago #
2. 

   Elliott
   Support

   Hello rerockstar,

   I'm sorry but I am not sure I understand correctly. If possible then send us a link to your page so we can get a better idea of what your trying to do.

   Posted 9 months ago #
3. 

   rerockstar
   Member

   Elliott,

   Here's an example:
   http://www.rebarcampsa.com/2011/08/rebarcamp-san-antonio-beginnings/

   At the end of the post I have used shortcodes to generate the Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ links.

   For each post, this means three shortcodes to generate that group of sharing icons/links. I'd like to create a widget that holds all three of those, so that I can use a widget shortcode to insert that into each post.

   Here's the current shortcodes:
   [fblike layout="standard" show_faces="false" action="recommend" colorscheme="light"]
   [tweet username="REbarcampSA" layout="horizontal" text="How REbarcamp San Antonio came to be. #REBCSA"][googleplusone size="small"]

   In addition, when you click on the Tweet link, it generates a pre-filled tweet with pre-defined information (that I supply in the shortcode with the "text" option). In the case of this post it's "How REbarcamp San Antonio came to be. #REBCSA"

   I'd like to be able to generate the text option using Wordpress' %postname% variable or another variable (I'm not sure what the variable is for titles, but that would be the best one).

   By doing this, I could create a widget that would place all three social icons/links at the bottom of the page, plus pull the post title from Wordpress and place that in the text option.

   Does that make a bit more sense?

   Posted 9 months ago #
4. 

   Elliott
   Support

   Let's try this,

   Open up /wp-content/themes/awake/framework.php and at the very bottom you should see this,

   ?>

   Before that line add this,

   add_action( 'mysite_singular-post_after_post', 'mysite_custom_social' );
   function mysite_custom_social()
   {
   	echo do_shortcode('[fblike]');
   	echo do_shortcode('[tweet]');
   	echo do_shortcode('[googleplusone]');
   }

   You'll need to edit the shortcodes seen above with your own options and it might display weird so let us know when your done and we'll take a look.

   Posted 9 months ago #

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