{"id":77969,"date":"2012-05-15T12:00:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-15T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/?p=77969"},"modified":"2013-08-05T19:46:36","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T23:46:36","slug":"embed-text-within-your-posts-with-a-showhide-link","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/embed-text-within-your-posts-with-a-showhide-link\/","title":{"rendered":"WP-ShowHide: Embed Text Within Your Posts With A Show\/Hide Link"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WP-ShowHide:If you’re an experienced WordPress user, you may have heard of Lester Chan<\/a> (otherwise known as “gamerz”). Lester is the author of no less than 19 plugins, of which 4 feature on the WPMU Top 100 Plugins<\/a> list.<\/p>\n

That’s more than the likes of Joost de Valk<\/a>, Automattic<\/a>, or anyone else for that matter.<\/p>\n

I recently interviewed Lester for ManageWP<\/a>, and so had the opportunity to take a closer look at all of his plugins. One that caught my attention in particular was WP-ShowHide<\/a>. It is very simple, but what it does, it does well.<\/p>\n

The idea for WP-ShowHide came from the way in which Engadget<\/a> embeds press releases within posts (here’s an example<\/a>). And whilst the plugin certainly can<\/em> be used to present press releases in that manner, it can also be used to embed and show\/hide any form of text.<\/p>\n\n

How Does It Work?<\/h2>\n

Using WP-ShowHide couldn’t be any simpler – just wrap the text you want to embed in [showhide][\/showhide] tags, and readers will see the following:<\/p>\n

\"WP-ShowHide\"<\/p>\n

If a visitor clicks on the link, the text appears seamlessly, and the link text changes accordingly:<\/p>\n

\"WP-ShowHide\"<\/p>\n

As you can see, I am using the trusty T’Lipsum Generator<\/a>\u00a0for my dummy text (I’ll take any excuse to plug it).<\/p>\n

By default, the shortcode assumes that you are embedding a press release. However, you can define a few different variables from within the shortcode to control settings:<\/p>\n