=== Improved Include Page === Contributors: Marios Alexandrou Donate link: https://infolific.com/technology/software-worth-using/include-page-plugin-for-wordpress/ Tags: include, include content, include html, include pages, nested content, include other pages, include other content Requires at least: 5.0 Tested up to: 5.9 License: GPLv2 or later Improved Include Page plugin allows you to include the content of a page in a template file or a post/page (via a shortcode) with several options. == Description == Improved Include Page (IIP) uses the WordPress Shortcode API to include the content of any page inside any other page or post. = Using a shortcode in a post/page: = [include-page id="123"] OR [include-page id="/about/resume"] = Using PHP in a template = For more details and examples, see the Installation tab. Improved Include Page is an enhanced version of the original Include Page developed by Brent Loertscher. = Key Features = * Page title can be displayed with optional HTML code * Content can be displayed with different styles (full, teaser, custom 'more' link) * WordPress filters are applied to both the content and the title * Supports the WordPress Shortcode API == Installation == 1. Download Improved Include Page 2. Extract the zipped archive 3. Upload the file 'iinclude_page.php' to the 'wp-content/plugins' directory of your WordPress installation 4. Activate the plugin from your WordPress admin 'Plugins' page. 5. Include pages in your templates using 'iinclude_page' function or in your pages/posts using the shortcode syntax. = How To Use = Once installed, the plugin adds the function 'iinclude_page': void **iinclude_page**(int post_id [,string params, boolean return = false]) The function takes three parameters: 1. the id of the page to include ('post_id') 2. an optional string ('params') which contains the display options 3. an optional boolean ('return') tells whether to return the content or display it on screen. = Example 1: using Shortcode API in posts or pages = You can include a page's content in a page/post using the syntax: [include-page id="123"] or [include-page id="3" displayTitle="true" displayStyle="DT_TEASER_MORE" titleBefore="

" titleAfter="

" more="continue»"] = Example 2: basic usage in templates = If you wish to include the content of page number '4' insert the following code into your template file (e.g. sidebar.php): or In order to avoid PHP errors if the plugin is disabled, you should use the function with the following syntax: = Example 3: using optional parameters in templates = You can also display the page title using the following code: ' ); ?> = Parameters = The current version supports the following parameters:
displayTitle (boolean)
toggle title display
titleBefore/titleAfter (string)
string to display before and after the title
displayStyle (integer constant)
one of the following:
more (string)
text to display for the 'more' link
== Frequently Asked Questions == = Can I include pages using custom fields? = Yes, but there's an extra bit of code you need. To include a page, you now need to use this syntax: echo do_shortcode( get_post_meta( get_the_id(), 'custom_field_key', true ) ); == Changelog == = 1.2 = * Correct a warning issue by PHP related to a switch statement. = 1.1 = * Modified how password protected posts are handled. Thanks to piwel for the code. = 1.0 = * Confirming plugin works with WP 4.4 using both shortcode and template code. * Bumping WordPress requirement to 4.0. * Updates to description, documentation and tags. * PHP code formatting tweaks. * Support and development transferred from Vito Tardia to Marios Alexandrou. = 0.5.0 = * Added the '#more-' in the "read more" link href, to avoid going to the top of the post when clicking (by Matthieu Sarter), * Added support for the WordPress '<--more [text]-->' tag, so that the more link text can be defined at the post level (it can still be overriden at the 'iinclude_page()/[include]' level) (by Matthieu Sarter). = 0.4.9 = * Fixed static method definitions * Fixed: returns false if a page is not found, without triggering a notice = 0.4.8 = * Fixed bug which broke the ID style inclusion on WP 3.0 (thanks to Mike Woods, Brad Lauster and wptk) * Fixed a bug on the 'more' link which caused too many slashes when using images as 'more tags' (thanks to Nikhil Dabas) Note: if you use HTML code in the 'more' link use single quotes for the 'more' parameter, like this: '[include-page id="mypage" more='']' or you will have a PHP Warning * Fixed a bug in the displayTitle attribute: using "false" you will get a real boolean false and title is hidden * Added a new WP action 'include-page' to use inside your PHP code '' * Edited class attribute for the 'more' link. Now it is 'more-link' and 'iip-more-link' = 0.4.7 = * On WP 2.5 or greater allows custom inclusion by post type and status using parameters 'allowType' and 'allowStatus'. * Bug fix: in shortcode fixed a bug that could crash PHP when including recursive page/posts = 0.4.6 = * Bug fixed: since this version you can include only static pages with status of 'published'. = 0.4.5 = * Page ID can be a valid page path (WP 2.1 or higher required) with contribution by Guy Leech. = 0.4.4 * Added parameter $return (default = false) to iinclude_page() function * Added support for WP 2.5.x shortcode API = 0.4.3 = * The code of this version it's been cleaned and optimized using WordPress API. = 0.4.2 = * This version fixes a bug that triggers an error when used with some content filter: the '$page' global variable is backed up and then restored before returning. = 0.4.1 = * This version contains a bug fix by [Jesse Plank](http://www.funroe.net/): resolves a compatibility problem with the plugin [EventCalendar](http://blog.firetree.net/2005/07/18/eventcalendar-30/).