A collection of totally useful extra Shortcodes to make the life of Site Builders more easy.

Builder Shortcode Extras – WordPress Shortcodes Collection to Save You Time

A totally useful collection of helper Shortcodes to make your life as a Site Builder and non-coder way easier and save you time: Shortcodes for Last Updated Date/ Time, Post Counter, Versions, Post Info, Copyright and Footer Info, Users, Reusable Blocks (Gutenberg), Elementor Templates, Genesis Footer and even more.
These are Shortcodes you don&#8217;t get anywhere else. These are smart and really helpful &#8211; perfect for Non-Coder Designers, for Non Techies, for Site Builders. Those small parts and strings that make your life easier, now available as Shortcodes. Use them anywhere in WordPress: in Gutenberg Block Editor, in Classic Editor, Widgets, Post Types, Page Builders (Widgets, Elements&#8230;) and layout/ hook post types from various (Premium) Themes.
This is my personaly story, why this plugin here was born: When building a site and for example you need the date when a post type item was last updated? You just need this value as a simple string to put in a page builder widget or somewhere else, right? So where do you find the code snippet for it? Or a plugin? And you need it now, easy and fast? 
I was there, I know exactly how it feels at 02.00 a.m. in the middle of night. So this Shortcode collection was born. Totally simple. No styles, no scripts. But included CSS classes so I can style it my own &#8211; or apply my own classes or those from my theme. And I can change the HTML wrapper tag. Problem solved. It only took 2 minutes: 1 minute of installing and activing this plugin, plus 1 minute of inserting the actual Shortcode. Problem solved. Now I can go to sleep. With peace of mind. And the presentation the next morning for my client will be a success. Oh yeah, I love it! 😉
<h4>♥️ What the Plugin does?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Up to 30 useful helper Shortcodes</li>
<li>Optional: Shortcode for Reusable Blocks &#8211; for Gutenberg Block Editor &#8211; reuse them everyhwere</li>
<li>Optional: Shortcode for Elementor Templates &#8211; for Elementor free version!</li>
<li>Optional: Shortcode for complete Footer Creds/ Copyright of Genesis 3.1 or higher (just use without hooks everywhere you can insert a Shortcode!)</li>
<li>Totally user friendly!</li>
<li>Use in Gutenberg Block Editor &#8211; works fine in these Core Blocks: Shortcode, Paragraph, List, Heading and everywhere else!</li>
<li>Use in Classic Editor &#8211; Visual and Text/ HTML mode, as you were used to</li>
<li>Use in Widgets &#8211; Text/ HTML widget is automatically prepared for Shortcodes with this plugin here!</li>
<li>Use in Page Builders like Elementor, Beaver Builder, SiteOrigin Page Builder, WPBakery Page Builder, Visual Composer Website Builder, Oxygen Builder, Brizy Page Builder, Thrive Architect etc.</li>
<li>Use in Theme Pro versions with special layout post types: Astra Custom Layouts, OceanWP Library, GeneratePress Elements, Page Builder Framework Sections, Customify Hooks, Suki Blocks, Hestia Hooks, Genesis Blox, Genesis Simple Hooks</li>
<li>Optionally set a custom wrapper (<code>span</code>, <code>p</code>, <code>div</code>, <code>h</code>, or any other appropriate HTML5 element, like <code>article</code>, <code>section</code>, whatever)</li>
<li>Optionally set a custom CSS class for the wrapper to allow for even better custom styling</li>
<li>No frontend bloat: no scripts, no styles &#8211; nothing! 🙂</li>
<li>Lightweight, efficient</li>
<li>Developer friendly: clean code, inline documentation, lots of filters available</li>
</ul>
<h4>🚀 Typical Use Cases of this Plugin</h4>
1️⃣ First example: You want a footer copyright with the current year as dynamic &#8211; so you set it once and forget. Our Shortcode <code>[bse-copyright]</code> does exactly that. 
2️⃣ Second example: You want to put a &#8220;Last updated&#8221; date under each single post or page &#8211; use our Shortcode <code>[bse-post-modified-date]</code>, set your custom date format, set a custom label and place it into a (footer) widget. Done. 
3️⃣ Third example: You are using Elementor free, not Pro, and want to display one of your templates via a Shortcode? Now you can! (with our Shortcode <code>[bse-elementor-template]</code>) 
4️⃣ Fourth example: You want to display a Reusable Block via a Shortcode? Now you can! (with our Shortcode <code>[bse-wpblock]</code>)
<h4>🍰 Available Shortcodes:</h4>
<ul>
<li><code>[bse-version]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, type, plugin, custom</li>
<li><code>[bse-copyright]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, copyright, first</li>
<li><code>[bse-site-updated]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, type, label_date, date_format, label_time, time_format, tooltip</li>
<li><code>[bse-site-title]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after</li>
<li><code>[bse-site-slogan]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after</li>
<li><code>[bse-home-link]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, text, target, rel</li>
<li><code>[bse-loginout]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, login_text, logout_text, login_target, logout_target, login_redirect, logout_redirect </li>
<li><code>[bse-user]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, user_id, field, default</li>
<li><code>[bse-post-count]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, post_type, status</li>
<li><code>[bse-post-date]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, post_id, format, label, relative_depth</li>
<li><code>[bse-post-time]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, post_id, format, label</li>
<li><code>[bse-post-modified-date]</code> / <code>[bse-item-last-updated]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, post_id, format, label, relative_depth</li>
<li><code>[bse-post-modified-time]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, post_id, format, label</li>
<li><code>[bse-post-author]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after</li>
<li><code>[bse-post-author-link]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, target, rel</li>
<li><code>[bse-post-author-posts-link]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, target, rel</li>
<li><code>[bse-post-tags]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, sep</li>
<li><code>[bse-post-categories]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, sep</li>
<li><code>[bse-post-terms]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, sep, taxonomy</li>
<li><code>[bse-post-edit]</code> (Post Edit Link) &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, label</li>
<li><code>[bse-post-link]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, id, slug, post_type, privacy, text, target, rel</li>
<li><code>[bse-item-content]</code> &#8212; attributes: id, css</li>
<li><code>[bse-nav-menu]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, menu, container, container_class, container_id, menu_class, menu_id, fallback_cb, item_before, item_after, link_before, link_after, depth, walker, theme_location, items_wrap, item_spacing</li>
<li><code>[bse-comment-form]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class, before, after, post_id, id_form, class_form, title_reply, title_reply_to, cancel_reply_link, label_submit</li>
</ul>
<h4>🍰 Available Integrations &#8211; Shortcodes</h4>
<ul>
<li>Gutenberg Block Editor, Reusable Blocks: <code>[bse-wpblock]</code> &#8212; attributes: id</li>
<li>Elementor free version: <code>[bse-elementor-template]</code> &#8212; attributes: id, css</li>
<li>Astra Custom Layouts (via Astra Pro): <code>[bse-astra-layout]</code> &#8212; attributes: id</li>
<li>Genesis Framework v3.1.0 or higher: <code>[bse-genesis-footer]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class</li>
<li>Genesis Framework: <code>[bse-genesis-breadcrumbs]</code> &#8212; attributes: wrapper, class</li>
<li>Note: All these integrations are optional, only if the supported plugin or theme is installed and currently active. For the Block Editor there is smart logic in place recognizing popular &#8220;disable&#8221; plugins like &#8220;Classic Editor&#8221;, &#8220;Disable Gutenberg&#8221; amongst others.</li>
</ul>
<h4>👍 Recommended Time Saver</h4>
Try <a href="https://toolbarextras.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Toolbar Extras</a> my other plugin for Site Builders and admins: Building sites with Elementor? <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/toolbar-extras/" rel="ugc">Your work will get easier &amp; faster with Toolbar Extras.</a> With extended plugin &amp; theme support baked right in. Of course, &#8220;Builder Shortcode Extras&#8221; is integrated as well 🙂
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/toolbar-extras/" rel="ugc">Plugin Page here on WordPress.org</a></li>
<li><a href="https://toolbarextras.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugin&#8217;s own website toolbarextras.com</a></li>
<li>In your WordPress admin dashboard search for <code>toolbar extras</code> in the plugin installer 😉</li>
</ul>
<h4>🌎 Translations</h4>
<ul>
<li>🇺🇸 English (United States) &#8211; <code>en_US</code> = default, always included</li>
<li>🇩🇪 <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/de/default/wp-plugins/builder-shortcode-extras" rel="nofollow ugc">German (informal, default)</a> &#8211; <code>de_DE</code> &#8211; always included</li>
<li>🇩🇪 <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/de/formal/wp-plugins/builder-shortcode-extras" rel="nofollow ugc">German (formal)</a> &#8211; <code>de_DE_formal</code> &#8211; always included</li>
<li><code>.pot</code> file (<code>builder-shortcode-extras.pot</code>) for translators is always included in the plugin&#8217;s &#8216;languages&#8217; folder 🙂</li>
</ul>
<h4>👍 Be a Contributor</h4>
If you want to translate, <a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/builder-shortcode-extras" rel="nofollow ugc">go to the Translation Portal at translate.wordpress.org</a>.
You can also contribute code-wise via our <a href="https://github.com/deckerweb/builder-shortcode-extras" rel="nofollow ugc">Builder Shortcode Extras GitHub Repository</a> &#8211; and see where you can help.
<h4>📝 Documentation and Support</h4>
<ul>
<li>If you have any more questions, visit our support on the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/builder-shortcode-extras" rel="ugc">Plugin&#8217;s Forum</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4>⚡ Liked Builder Shortcode Extras?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Rate us 5 ⭐ stars on <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/builder-shortcode-extras/reviews/?filter=5/#new-post" rel="ugc">WordPress.org</a> 🙂</li>
<li>Join our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/deckerweb.wordpress.plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook User Community Support Group 💬</a></li>
<li>Like 👍 our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/deckerweb.wordpress.plugins/" rel="nofollow ugc">Facebook Info Page for Deckerweb Plugins</a></li>
<li><a href="https://eepurl.com/gbAUUn" rel="nofollow ugc">Subscribe to my Newsletter for insider info on this plugin 💯</a>, plus tutorials and more stuff on deckerweb WordPress plugins &#8211; join a thriving community of site builders!</li>
<li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/deckerweb" rel="nofollow ugc">Become a Patron 💜</a> and support ongoing development, maintenance and support of this plugin</li>
</ul>
<h4>☕ This Plugin &#8230;</h4>
<ul>
<li>&#8230; scratches my own itch!</li>
<li>&#8230; is Quality Made in Germany</li>
<li>&#8230; was created with love (plus some coffee) 🙂 &#8211; <a href="https://www.paypal.me/deckerweb" rel="nofollow ugc">if you like it consider donating</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>☺️ Donate</h3>
Enjoy using Builder Shortcode Extras? <a href="https://www.paypal.me/deckerweb" rel="nofollow ugc">Please consider making a donation</a> &#8211; every donation helps to support the project&#8217;s continued development, maintenance and support. 
Thank you very much in advance for your support!
<h3>👏 Credits</h3>
Credit where credit is due. The following code, classes and libraries were used for this plugin, all licensed under the GPL. Note: Credit is also referenced in the code doc block inline where used.
<ul>
<li>Class &#8220;DDWlib Plugin Installer Recommendations&#8221; (PLIR) by David Decker &#8211; DECKERWEB (GPLv2 or later)</li>
<li>Class &#8220;Astra Notices&#8221; by Brainstorm Force (GPLv2 or later)</li>
<li>Some Shortcode functions are based on the Post &amp; Footer Shortcodes by the Genesis Framework from StudioPress (GPLv2 or later)</li>
</ul>
<h3>Additional Info</h3>
Idea Behind / Philosophy: Just a smart and lightweight plugin for all the Non-Coder Site Builders out there needing various info values and elements to place via a plain simple Shortcode. Just making their daily work and life just a little easier.
<h3>Last but not least</h3>
Special Thanks go out to my family for allowing me to do such spare time projects (aka free plugins) and supporting me in every possible way!
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