Creating custom shortcodes

In this section, we are going to consider two scenarios to build custom shortcodes and explain the different kinds of uses of a shortcode. Let's list the two requirements for building shortcodes for each one:

  • Restricting the content based on a user's role
  • Displaying a list of posts with attachments

Let's get started.

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