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How To Mirror Content From One WordPress Post Or Post Type To Another ?

If you’re using the Block Editor, you can use the “Query Loop” block or “Reusable Blocks” to include content from other posts or pages.

Creating & Inserting Reusable Blocks

  1. Go to Posts or Pages and edit the content you want to reuse.
  2. Select the block(s) you want to reuse, click the three dots, and select “Add to Reusable Blocks”.
  3. Name the reusable block and save it.
  4. For inserting the Reusable Block, edit the post or page where you want to display the content.
  5. Add a “Reusable Block” and select the one you created.

Using Query Loop Block

  1. Edit the post or page where you want to show content.
  2. Click the “+” button to add a new block and select “Query Loop”.
  3. Configure the block to display specific posts or pages.

The Insert Pages Plugin

The Insert Pages plugin for WordPress is a useful tool that allows you to embed the content of one page into another page or post. This is particularly helpful if you want to reuse content across multiple locations on your website without duplicating it.

  1. Simply install and activate the plugin.
  2. Upon activation, open the post, page, or any post type where you want to display content and click the ‘+’ icon.
  3. Type ‘Insert Page’ in the search and insert the correct block.
  4. Select the page you want to embed using the settings in the right-hand menu.
  5. Under the ‘Insert Page’ option, either enter the URL of the page or begin typing its title, which will trigger a dropdown menu. From this menu, choose the appropriate page or post.
  6. In the ‘Settings’ section you can view how the embedded content will look like.
  7. From the ‘Display’ dropdown, select the type of content you want to include, such as the post title, link, excerpt, or the full page content.
  8. The plugin also enables you to add custom CSS, opt to display the page content inline, and even restrict visibility to registered users only, hiding the content from anonymous visitors.
  9. Once you’re satisfied with the appearance of the content, be sure to click ‘Update’ or ‘Publish’ to save your changes.

Alternatively, especially on old WordPress installations or sites using the classic WordPress editor, you can mirror content by using the Content Mirror plugin. The plugin enables you to mirror your WordPress site content from one page or post to another, you can also do this between subsites in a WordPress multisite network.

Simply install and activate Content Mirror. After activation, the plugin adds its TinyMCE button in the content visual editor, the button is simply used for mirroring content.

The plugin lets you mirror content from pages and posts, as well as custom post types and display it on other pages, posts, or custom post types. It is multisite compatible and works across sites in a WordPress multisite network configuration.

Show/Hide Any Portion Of Post Content Based On Usernames, User Roles, Capabilities Or Logged-in Status In WordPress

You can show or hide any portion of your post content on the basis of usernames, user roles, capabilities, custom groups, or logged-in status on your WordPress site.

Earlier we have discussed about creating hidden premium content in WordPress. We have also discussed about hiding certain post sections by date and time.

Now in this lesson you will learn about hiding content sections simply by enclosing it inside shortcodes provided by Eyes Only: User Access Shortcode plugin.  Continue reading Show/Hide Any Portion Of Post Content Based On Usernames, User Roles, Capabilities Or Logged-in Status In WordPress

MP Easy Icons – Insert From 400+ Icons In WordPress Visual Editor

MP Easy Icons is new WordPress plugin that provides you an easy shortcode generator to use various icons from visual editor on your WordPress site.

It allows you to select from over 400 icon types and insert them easily inside your post, page or custom post type content in just one easy click. It was designed to simplify the process of inserting icons on text areas.  Continue reading MP Easy Icons – Insert From 400+ Icons In WordPress Visual Editor

Show Any WordPress Post Content Via Shortcode

In this lesson you will learn about using any post’s content inside any other post, page or custom post type with the help of shortcode in your WordPress site.

Many times bloggers create some intro text about anything and use it multiple times while composing other articles in WordPress.

For instance: If you write articles about WordPress plugins then in that case you must have published a general article about installing plugins in WordPress.

Now every time while writing tutorial on some new WordPress plugin you can use post content of article say “How to install a plugin in WordPress” with inside the content of your new plugin’s tutorial in order to show first basic steps of installing a plugin.  Continue reading Show Any WordPress Post Content Via Shortcode

Locate What And Where Shortcodes Are Being Used In WordPress

When moving away from a theme or plugin that utilizes a lot of shortcodes in your WordPress site leaves broken shortcodes inside your content.

So when deactivating a shortcode plugin or switching to a new WordPress theme requires you to make sure none of your posts, pages and other custom post types have no outdated shortcodes to break in process.  Continue reading Locate What And Where Shortcodes Are Being Used In WordPress

Displaying Frontend Buttons Using WordPress Administration Area Style

Now you can make in-post and widget buttons appear in the style of admin area buttons. Earlier we have discussed about changing frontend admin bar color as per admin dashboard color scheme, we have also discussed about creating your own admin color scheme.

These hacks simply lets you match the frontend and backend of your website as per your brand color. Today in this lesson you will learn how to use admin style buttons in your posts, pages, custom post types and widget with a simple shortcode.  Continue reading Displaying Frontend Buttons Using WordPress Administration Area Style

Easily Disable Shortcodes On Per Post Basis In WordPress

A common problem noticed by WordPress plugin developers, bloggers and documenters is that whenever they try posting demo for some already activated shortcode, it automatically starts showing the output of that specific shortcode.

Even when you enclose your shortcode in code tag present on text editor, it displays the output as soon the content is published.

In this lesson we will show you how you can use, give examples and post demos for various shortcodes easily by disabling them on per post basis.  Continue reading Easily Disable Shortcodes On Per Post Basis In WordPress

Top 5 WordPress Shortcode Plugins That Worth Giving A Try

Shortcode generator plugins are very useful for presenting your website content in a better and more beautiful way. For example: Instead of using simple bullets and numbering, you can use some icon based lists. You can make inpost headings more beautiful, you can frame your post images, add pull quotes, slideshows, make responsive embeds and there are tons of more options, a shortcode plugin provides you.

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How To Show List Of Current Page Siblings In WordPress?

Displaying page siblings means showing the hierarchy of pages, their sub pages inside content. There are many ways of displaying page siblings like generally users use bullets and numbering option and manually create the list of sibling pages.

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Complete Author Box Solution With Integrated Google Authorship For WordPress

Starbox – the Author Box for Humans is an author box plugin loaded with set of all useful features, customization options and even Google Authorship snippet which shows up in Google Search Results page. It provides you professional author box themes you can choose from, HTML5, Social Media Profiles and much more.

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How To Display Present Day Posts On Custom Areas In WordPress?

Today’s Posts is a free WordPress plugin that lets you display current day posts wherever you like in WordPress. You can either display posts vertically or horizontally with or without thumbnail, excerpt on your website. The plugin also enables you to limit the number of posts to display and display from specific category/categories.

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How To Create & Assign Nutrition Charts In WordPress?

You must have seen various recipes and food blogs out there on web showing up nutrition level and vitamins chart. In this tutorial we will show you how you can easily create nutrition facts labels that includes vitamins and use them inside your posts, pages and other custom post types via shortcode.

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How To Use Custom Bullet Points In WordPress?

Both ordered and un-ordered lists can easily be inserted in WordPress posts and post types using visual editor. Default un-ordered list shows up old open and MS office days black pin points. In this tutorial we will show you how you can insert custom bullet (un-ordered list) points in custom colors on your WordPress site.

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