Title: Shortcode within link Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Shortcode within link * Resolved [eric.hoegee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erichoegee/) * (@erichoegee) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-within-link/) * Hi, * First of all I love the plugin. I got one big problem though: * I need to use iframe within the link. I installed a plugin for that (Advanced iFrame) which gives me a shortcode. (‘[advanced_iframe securitykey=”xxxxxxx” src=”[http://www.sears.com”](http://www.sears.com”); width=”100%” height =”550px”]’) * If i copy this shortcode in my link field it will not work. It strips everything untill where my securitykey starts. (‘[advanced_iframe securitykey=’) * Is there any way i can make it work like I want? * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-links/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-links/) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Author [Mat Lipe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mat-lipe/) * (@mat-lipe) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-within-link/#post-4012386) * Hi Eric, * You may use the description field to enter your shortcode. Then you will have to enable shortcode support by using a couple of the built in filters. You may add the code to your theme’s functions.php file. * ``` add_filter('simple_links_shortcode_link_meta', 'sl_do_shortcodes'); add_filter('simple_links_shortcode_link_output', 'sl_prevent_shortcode', 99, 4); function sl_prevent_shortcode($link_output, $meta, $link, $image ){ $link_output = sprintf('%s%s', $meta['web_address'][0], $meta['target'][0], $link->post_title, empty( $meta['link_target_nofollow'][0] ) ? '': 'rel="nofollow"', $image, $link->post_title ); return $link_output; } function sl_do_shortcodes($meta){ if( isset( $meta['description'][0] ) ){ $meta['description'][0] = do_shortcode($meta['description'][0]); } return $meta; } ``` * Hope this helps! * Thread Starter [eric.hoegee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erichoegee/) * (@erichoegee) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-within-link/#post-4012433) * Hi Mat, * Thanks for your advice and code. I placed it in my theme’s functions.php I placed the shortcode in my description field. I guess I need to leave the Web Address field empty right? Anyway, i can’t get it to work. Could you maybe take a look and point me the way? I would be forever grateful! 🙂 * On [http://www.mimallz.com/stores/department-stores-2/](http://www.mimallz.com/stores/department-stores-2/) you will find a link to sears.com that is supposed to run the shortcode. * Hope to hear from you, if you got any questions don’t hesitate… * Thread Starter [eric.hoegee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erichoegee/) * (@erichoegee) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-within-link/#post-4012439) * Hi Mat, * The URL right now leads me to the where i am now. So on my [http://www.mimallz.com/stores/](http://www.mimallz.com/stores/) pages it leads me to [http://www.mimallz.com/stores/](http://www.mimallz.com/stores/). If i click the link in [http://www.mimallz.com/stores/department-stores-2/](http://www.mimallz.com/stores/department-stores-2/) it leads me [http://www.mimallz.com/stores/department-stores-2/](http://www.mimallz.com/stores/department-stores-2/) * Maybe that helps 🙂 * Thanks in advance * Plugin Author [Mat Lipe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mat-lipe/) * (@mat-lipe) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-within-link/#post-4012469) * Hi Eric, When you add the shortcode to your content do you have the description turned on? * If not your shotcode should look something like this. `[simple-links description ="true"]` * To make it link out to you will want to fill in the Web Address field. * To hide the link and just display the iframe content you could use some css like * ``` .simple-links-shortcode-item a{ display: none; } ``` * Hope this helps! * Thread Starter [eric.hoegee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erichoegee/) * (@erichoegee) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-within-link/#post-4012544) * Hi Mat, * Thanks for your tips yet again 🙂 Now the iframe opens up, not really like i would want it though. 😉 * I don’t think you understand what I am trying to accomplish here. The idea is that I can have lists of links under each other. I am making a selection of web shops (300+) which i put on different pages with categories. So, I make a link, I put it in Category Department stores. I want it to be displayed just on the pages i selected the category for (could be multiple). So far it works. * On these pages I want only links, no iframes. * When links are being clicked I want another page to be opened, within that page the iframe must be opened. * Hope i made myself clear this time and really hope you are capable and willing to help me out yet again. 🙂 * Thanks and have a good one, * Eric * Plugin Author [Mat Lipe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mat-lipe/) * (@mat-lipe) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-within-link/#post-4012583) * Hi Eric, * I’m afraid this is a little beyond my free support. * You might give the main wordpress.org forum a try and see if someone from the community can give you a hand. I am totally swamped right now with client work. * Thread Starter [eric.hoegee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erichoegee/) * (@erichoegee) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-within-link/#post-4012584) * Hi Mat, * I can imagine, no problem. Thanks for all your help anyway! * Thanks 🙂 Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Shortcode within link’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/simple-links_3d6e81.svg) * [Simple Links](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-links/) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-links/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-links/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-links/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-links/reviews/) ## Tags * [iframe](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/iframe/) * [links](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/links/) * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/) * [shortcode in shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode-in-shortcode/) * 7 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [eric.hoegee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erichoegee/) * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-within-link/#post-4012584) * Status: resolved