I can't find solution for this ...

URL: www.foo/some_page/?name=John

Page content:

Hi [Name]!

Worpress still redirects back to www.foo/some_page/

I tried everything ...

I need something like the following in functions.php

function name_shortcode() {
    return $_GET['name'];
}
add_shortcode( 'Name', 'name_shortcode' );

And on another page: Click here www.foo/some-page/?name=John

I can't find solution for this ...

URL: www.foo/some_page/?name=John

Page content:

Hi [Name]!

Worpress still redirects back to www.foo/some_page/

I tried everything ...

I need something like the following in functions.php

function name_shortcode() {
    return $_GET['name'];
}
add_shortcode( 'Name', 'name_shortcode' );

And on another page: Click here www.foo/some-page/?name=John

• shortcode
• urls

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• please show the code for "some_page". It's impossible to help you without seeing any code. And what shortcode are you using? – gdaniel Commented Jul 23, 2014 at 20:24
• I tried everything ... (I deleted code) I need some like in functions.php function name_shortcode() { return (I don't know) $_GET['name']; } add_shortcode('Name', 'name_shortcode'); another page: Click here http://www.foo/some-page/?name=John – Karel Funda Commented Jul 23, 2014 at 21:00
• You can edit your question, rather than adding information as a comment. – Johannes P. Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 0:18
• That being said, when dies WordPress redirect to www.foo/some_page/? – Johannes P. Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 0:19

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If I understand your question correctly, you want to be able to get the parameter from the url, add it to the shortcode so you can add the parameter to the content.

See if this works:

add_shortcode('name', 'get_name');

function get_name() {

   return $_GET['name'];

}

In the wordpress backend editor you would have something like:

Hello [name], Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum.

We built a plugin that will do this for you https://wordpress/plugins/display-url-params/ - It uses a simple shortcode to get URL parameters from the Query String and display them as dynamic content on pages and posts.