How to modify the WP posts layout?

Hey, Corrina. Thank you for your answer.

I have used the shortcode in the template by setting it directly in an individual post, and it worked. So I guess it is compatible with the template.
Also, I am already working on a child theme as it is the wordpress default “twentynineteen-child-theme” theme.

However, I do not find there the portion of code around which I have to set the shortcodes.
If you are familiar with the theme, would you happen to know where this particular portion of code is?

Thanks.

I tried to place the shortcodes there but all elements disappeared except for the header.

Basically, the original shortcodes is:

[bg_collapse_level2 view="button-orange" color="#4a4949" expand_text="Show More" collapse_text="Show Less" ]>
CONTENT
[/bg_collapse_level2]

And I added the necesarry codes to make it compatible with the theme files. Which means:

<?php echo do_shortcode("[bg_collapse_level2 view="button-orange" color="#4a4949" expand_text="Show More" collapse_text="Show Less" ]"); ?>
CONTENT
<?php echo do_shortcode("[/bg_collapse_level2]"); ?>  

And I place it there:

	<div class="entry-content">
		<?php
<?php echo do_shortcode("[bg_collapse_level2 view="button-orange" color="#4a4949" expand_text="Show More" collapse_text="Show Less" ]"); ?>
		the_content(
<?php echo do_shortcode("[/bg_collapse_level2]"); ?>
			sprintf(
				wp_kses(
					/* translators: %s: Name of current post. Only visible to screen readers */
					__( 'Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "%s"</span>', 'twentynineteen' ),
					array(
						'span' => array(
							'class' => array(),
						),
					)
				),
				get_the_title()
			)
		);

I also tried:

	<div class="entry-content">
		<?php
<?php echo do_shortcode("[bg_collapse_level2 view="button-orange" color="#4a4949" expand_text="Show More" collapse_text="Show Less" ]"); ?>
		the_content(

			sprintf(
				wp_kses(
					/* translators: %s: Name of current post. Only visible to screen readers */
					__( 'Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "%s"</span>', 'twentynineteen' ),
					array(
						'span' => array(
							'class' => array(),
						),
					)
				),
				get_the_title()
			)
		);
		
<?php echo do_shortcode("[/bg_collapse_level2]"); ?>

But a blank page is displayed for all these options.

Do you see an error in the way I set the code?

By the way, here is one of the post page of the site: https://randommm.com/2020/05/08/twitter-philanthropy-influencer-charities-are-they-legit/

The content I am trying to hide/show is the text content between the video and the like/dislike buttons.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Expanded short link

Ah yes, indeed. Using the plugin, I see that the template is
/home/randomx/www/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/single.php

However, this file doesn’t contain the piece of code the_content();

I found the line

get_template_part( 'template-parts/content/content', 'single' );

and set the shortcodes around it, but I get a blank page.
Same for:

the_post();

Alright.
No, the blank page was when I tried to edit single.php file, not the content-single.php.

I set the code you told me again on content-single.php but I still have the same results. The button is on top, but the text isn’t hidden.

https://randommm.com/2020/05/08/twitter-philanthropy-influencer-charities-are-they-legit/

• This reply was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Short link expanded