Update: managed to display categories with this simple shortcode:

function post_category_shortcode(){
global $post;
return get_the_category_list($separator = ', ', $post->ID);
}
add_shortcode( 'sc_post_category', 'post_category_shortcode' );

Case closed!

For calling the functions with [sc_post_category] I would need to add the following to the end of the get_the_category_list or the get_the_terms function:

add_shortcode( 'sc_post_category', 'get_the_category_list' );

That would be important as I have my blog template set to call the function with that term.

Thanks,
Magnus

Please delete – SSL certificate expired, problem solved.

Thanks, a lot better but I still have strange spacing between lines on our new layout, its good now on our old layout. Thanks, mbosse99

• This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by mbosse99. Reason: added links & additional info
• This reply was modified 1 year, 7 months ago by mbosse99.

Hi Victoria:

thank you. The thread you linked refers to the contact form, are you sure the solutions apply as well to the comments plugin which I am concerned aboutl?

Thanks,
Magnus

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by mbosse99. Reason: orthography

Excellent, thanks a lot – that solved it!

Hi Victoria:

a bit late but still – success – almost! I now can automatically include post title, date and author into a blog post. What does not work is the category – it always returns ‘Array’ as a display.

Here is the function I used – what is wrong? Note that I might have more than one category for a single post.

function post_category_shortcode(){
global $post;
return get_the_category($post->ID);
}
add_shortcode( 'sc_post_category', 'post_category_shortcode' );

Thanks!
Magnus

• This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by mbosse99.

Mike: that a lot. One thing: the disc is now 'inside', which looks a bit odd with blog titles that exceed one row. However, if I move the disc 'outside' they entirely disappear.

Anyway to change that?

• This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by mbosse99.

Thanks Victoria:

I figured the following:

for Post Title:

function post_title_shortcode(){
	global $post;
	return get_the_title($post->ID);
}
add_shortcode( 'sc_post_title', 'post_title_shortcode' );

For Post Date:

function post_date_shortcode(){
	global $post;
	return get_the_date('Y-m-d', $post->ID);
}
add_shortcode( 'sc_post_date', 'post_date_shortcode' );

For Post Category:

function post_category_shortcode(){
global $post;
return get_the_category($post->ID);
}
add_shortcode( ‘sc_post_category’, ‘post_category_shortcode’ );

Now what would I need for Post Author?

Thanks,
Magnus

Thanks! Now it works, and I modified the code such that the background image is gone on any mobile device, and also did the same for our contacts page.

Glad this works now!

Best,
Magnus

Hi Rikard,

thanks, but there seems to be no change still. I opened the ‘contact us’ page on an iPhone which has never accesses the site so far (excluding thus cache issues), and the background image ist clearly still there:

https://snipboard.io/NZ5BqH.jpg

Thanks,
Magnus

Sorry, Rikard, not change!

Best,
Magnus

Yes please – see private box! Magnus

• This reply was modified 4 years, 8 months ago by mbosse99.

Thanks, that indeed added the desired space. But the burger and the search icon are still misaligned:

https://snipboard.io/aLQRJS.jpg

Thanks,
Magnus