I need to find a shortcode - [shortcodename] - in WordPress. How do I do that? There doesn't seem to be a search option, which seems a bit ridiculous for a editing tool.

Thank you.

I need to find a shortcode - [shortcodename] - in WordPress. How do I do that? There doesn't seem to be a search option, which seems a bit ridiculous for a editing tool.

Thank you.

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Share Improve this question asked Apr 23, 2019 at 15:34 James RickmanJames Rickman 111 silver badge11 bronze badge 3

• What do you mean find a shortcode? Find pages with that shortcode being used? Find the plugin the shortcode belongs to? Find the code for the shortcode? – Jacob Peattie Commented Apr 23, 2019 at 15:34
• @James Rickman You should elaborate your question. Do you need to search for a specific shortcode in wp-admin area that you would like to insert un the page/post content or you need to search where it is placed entire whole website? – twelvell Commented Apr 23, 2019 at 20:28
• There is a shortcode on a particular page and I would like to locate this shortcode so I can check what content it is driving. I hope that makes sense? – James Rickman Commented Apr 25, 2019 at 8:25

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not sure if this helps but https://en.support.wordpress/shortcodes/ has a list of shortcodes available within WordPress. remember that themes may add additional codes.

I've tried to format my reply so the codes are on separate lines but can't work out how to do it. If someone could edit my answer/format it so I can learn that would be much appreciated.

Available shortcodes

Video

[dailymotion] embeds a DailyMotion video [flickr] embeds a Flickr video [hulu] embeds a Hulu video [kickstarter] embeds a Kickstarter video [ted] embeds a TED Talks video [twitchtv] embeds a Twitch.tv stream [ustream] embeds a Ustream.TV video [vimeo] embeds a Vimeo video [wpvideo] embeds a VideoPress video [youtube] embeds a YouTube video [archiveorg] embeds a video from The Internet Archive

Audio

[audio] displays uploaded audio file as an audio player [playlist] displays a playlist for uploaded uploaded audio files [soundcloud] embeds audio from SoundCloud [spotify] embeds music from Spotify [bandcamp] embeds music from Bandcamp [8tracks] embeds music from 8tracks

Images and Documents

[gallery] inserts an image gallery into a post or page [instagram] embeds an image from Instagram [scribd] embeds a document/file from Scribd [slideshare] embeds a slideshow from Slideshare [slideshow] embeds a slideshow of uploaded photos [presentation] embeds a slideshow presentation [googleapps] embeds a document from Google Docs [lytro] embeds an image from Lytro » Full instructions [vr] embeds 360° photos and panoramas for use with VR headsets [office] embeds documents from Microsoft Office Live