Title: Button shortcode attribute request: 'onclick' event Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Button shortcode attribute request: 'onclick' event * Resolved [rotbieest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rotbieest/) * (@rotbieest) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-shortcode-attribute-request-onclick-event-2/) * Hi there Prali, * First of all, thanks for the great support so far and the regular updates with new features, keep up the good work! * Secondly, I was wondering if it would be possible to include an ‘onclick’ event via an attribute in the button shortcode? * The purpose of this is to track these button clicks via google analytics. This requires the following code to be added to the HTML hyperlink: onclick=”_gaq. push([‘_trackEvent’, ‘category’, ‘action’, ‘label’]);” * So that the HTML hyperlink looks like this: “LINK TEXT”” * In this code, the parameters ‘category’, ‘action’, and ‘label’ can differ per button * In order to be able to re-use the same button, it would be great to add this via the button shortcode, for example: [wpi_designer_button id=12 link=”[http://google.com”](http://google.com”); onclick=”_gaq.push([‘_trackEvent’, ‘category’, ‘action’, ‘label’]);”] * Hope this makes sense to you 🙂 * I would do this manually, but since the plugin makes use of shortcodes, we don’t have access to the HTML markup of the hyperlinks that are used in buttons. * Looking forward to hearing from you! * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpi-designer-button-shortcode/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpi-designer-button-shortcode/) Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * Plugin Author [WooPrali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wooprali/) * (@wooprali) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-shortcode-attribute-request-onclick-event-2/#post-6267713) * Hi, * Sure, I will add this feature in next version. * Thanks for your valuable feedback. * Regards, * Prali * Thread Starter [rotbieest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rotbieest/) * (@rotbieest) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-shortcode-attribute-request-onclick-event-2/#post-6267790) * Great to hear 🙂 * May I kindly ask if you have any idea when you would be able to publish the next update? * Best regards * Plugin Author [WooPrali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wooprali/) * (@wooprali) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-shortcode-attribute-request-onclick-event-2/#post-6267833) * Hi, * i am planning to release new version in next month. * Regards, * PRALI * Thread Starter [rotbieest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rotbieest/) * (@rotbieest) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-shortcode-attribute-request-onclick-event-2/#post-6267890) * Thanks for your support, looking forward to your update! * Cheers * Thread Starter [rotbieest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rotbieest/) * (@rotbieest) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-shortcode-attribute-request-onclick-event-2/#post-6267915) * Hey Prali, * I just thought of something! 🙂 * Would it also be possible to make these hyperlinks set to no-follow links? In other words, can you give the option to set the rel=”nofollow” attribute in the HTML hyperlinks? * I’m guessing you already thought of this, if you were planning to make extra additions possible within the < a > opening tag? 🙂 * Looking forward to hearing from you! * Plugin Author [WooPrali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wooprali/) * (@wooprali) * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-shortcode-attribute-request-onclick-event-2/#post-6267921) * Hi, Sure I add rel attribute to button. * Regards, * Prali * Thread Starter [rotbieest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rotbieest/) * (@rotbieest) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-shortcode-attribute-request-onclick-event-2/#post-6267930) * Hey I’m back 😀 * I’ve just discovered this rel attribute options is already a functionality after you’ve enabled it via the global settings of the plugin, didn’t know this setting was there. * Then, the ‘Rel’ field appears when creating a button where you can enter a value. Here, I entered: nofollow * However, even after succesfully saving (even checked in the database if it saved properly), it still does not function as it should. When checking the button on the frontend, the HTML a rel attribute still says: rel=”” => so, empty! * Any ideas? * Plugin Author [WooPrali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wooprali/) * (@wooprali) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-shortcode-attribute-request-onclick-event-2/#post-6267931) * Hi, * I just fixed the rel attribute. Next release will be in few days. * Please update your designer button plugin. * Regards, * PRALI * Thread Starter [rotbieest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rotbieest/) * (@rotbieest) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-shortcode-attribute-request-onclick-event-2/#post-6267932) * Great, just updated and the rel attribute now works indeed, thanks! Looking forward to your next release with even more additional features, love your work! * Plugin Author [WooPrali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wooprali/) * (@wooprali) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-shortcode-attribute-request-onclick-event-2/#post-6267933) * Thank you. * PRALI * Thread Starter [rotbieest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rotbieest/) * (@rotbieest) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-shortcode-attribute-request-onclick-event-2/#post-6267949) * Hi again, may I kindly ask for a status update regarding the ‘onclick’ feature? * I would like to use this with Google Tag Manager to push variables into the dataLayer in order to track these button clicks with Google Analytics. * Basically, like the ‘rel=’ attribute, this feature would mean an ‘onclick=’ field where the user would be able to put in the custom code. * Or, more generally and more robust perhaps, another solution would be if the user could be presented a field in which he could put whatever code block he wants, which would be inserted into the opening < a > tag? * Best regards! * Plugin Author [WooPrali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wooprali/) * (@wooprali) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-shortcode-attribute-request-onclick-event-2/#post-6267956) * Sure, * I will implement your request in next big version. * Regards, * Prali Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘Button shortcode attribute request: 'onclick' event’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/wpi-designer-button-shortcode_413a0e. svg) * [WPi Designer Button](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpi-designer-button-shortcode/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpi-designer-button-shortcode/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpi-designer-button-shortcode/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpi-designer-button-shortcode/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpi-designer-button-shortcode/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpi-designer-button-shortcode/reviews/) * 12 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [WooPrali](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wooprali/) * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/button-shortcode-attribute-request-onclick-event-2/#post-6267956) * Status: resolved