Title: Conditional Shortcode
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Conditional Shortcode

 *  Resolved [lsilver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lsilver/)
 * (@lsilver)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-shortcode/)
 * Is there any way to modify the output of the shortcode based upon either the 
   underlying category of a blog post or the URL of the page.
 * For example, if I have two blog categories: Apples and Oranges, and I’ve setup
   my permalinks so the URL is domain.com/apples/post and domain.com/oranges/post...
 * I’d like to use the same shortcode, but if it’s an apples post display one piece
   of html (image/link) and if it’s oranges display another.
 * In my specific situation, having two separate shortcodes won’t work due to how
   these posts are being created.
 * Thanks.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ui/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ui/)

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 *  [GenealogyCoach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samatva/)
 * (@samatva)
 * [11 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/conditional-shortcode/#post-4931582)
 * The logic would need to be in the PHP code (or *perhaps* in JavaScript…?). The
   ShortCodes UI plugin itself does not have that kind of conditional logic built
   in. You may also want to consider some form of conditional / dynamic widgets 
   plugin if you want to avoid programming.

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