Title: shortcode?? Last modified: November 11, 2016 --- # shortcode?? * Resolved [mulli.bahr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mullibahr/) * (@mullibahr) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-462/) * Hi I would like to generate clones automatically I wish to allow end users ( students…) to generate their own site and get to work instantly. * A shortcode can do the trick with super user permissions. Can you add one? * Thanks Mulli - This topic was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by [mulli.bahr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mullibahr/). Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Plugin Author [Manuel Razzari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manuelrazzari/) * (@manuelrazzari) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-462/#post-8424078) * Mulli, a shortcode will not do what you need. I’m not sure what you mean here. I think you should try something like enabling users to add new sites. [Example](https://premium.wpmudev.org/manuals/wpmu-manual-2/creating-sites-using-your-sign-up-page/). * Thread Starter [mulli.bahr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mullibahr/) * (@mullibahr) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-462/#post-8424271) * Hi I am aware to this option, but for naive users I need the option of opening a site with my page and a function call (that is “shortcode” api) to your plugin can do exactly what I need: Generation of a pre defined site. * I hope it is clearer now * Plugin Author [Manuel Razzari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manuelrazzari/) * (@manuelrazzari) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-462/#post-8424485) * Mulli, could you be more specific about how such shortcode would work? What are the specific steps to create a new blog that your users would take? * It’s worth mentioning now that this plugin doesn’t provide UI for creating new blogs. It simply taps into the existing new blog filters to clone an existing blog. So it’s likely that even if I understand what you’re trying to do, it may be outside the scope of this plugin. * Thread Starter [mulli.bahr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mullibahr/) * (@mullibahr) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-462/#post-8425556) * Hi Manuel Thanks for replying so fast… I would like to have a signup page with a form to collect data. Once validated I shall invoke: site_cloner(domain, user, email, title, site2clone, etc…) which will use the code that you already have. * This function is an API to your plugin, assuming that the plugin is activated. * After completion the user can view or edit the new site/blog. * You may see my idea as a _customized extension_ to the current WordPress signup page. * The function call will take parameters of any possible parameter that is needed while the caller may use defult values if appropriate in porder to simplify the process of creating a new site. * Plugin Author [Manuel Razzari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manuelrazzari/) * (@manuelrazzari) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-462/#post-8434041) * Mulli, what you’re looking for already exists in WP core. See: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wpmu_create_blog](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wpmu_create_blog) * Notice it has all the options you mention in you “site_cloner” sample function. * The only missing option is “site2clone”, so you have two alternatives here: * **1.** Clone the default blog, as specified in Multisite Cloner [Settings](https://wordpress.org/plugins/multisite-cloner/screenshots/). * **2.** On your form where users create a new site, add an input named **wpmuclone_default_blog**( hidden or select) with the site to clone ID, and make sure this form is submitted using the POST method. `` * Both of this alternatives will result in a cloned site when this plugin is active. - This reply was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by [Manuel Razzari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manuelrazzari/). - This reply was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by [Manuel Razzari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manuelrazzari/). * Plugin Author [Manuel Razzari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/manuelrazzari/) * (@manuelrazzari) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-462/#post-8674201) * Marking resolved as we haven’t heard back, and this isn’t a plugin issue. 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