Create Shortcode or Other Usable Data from a CSV file

[brent s]

I am not a coder/developer. I have created and will update frequently a csv file with numerous product variations and price variations.

These product & price variations will be used in bits in pieces throughout my site. Some data will be repeated in several different places. As part of using this data, I will use it in plugins like plugins like tablepress and others. These plugins accept shortcodes in their data entry fields. Because there is a lot of variations and the data changes almost daily, it is CRITICAL that I only have to change the data in 1 location. my thought was the csv file.

I have uploaded the csv file. Now I am stuck, what is the best way to pull a cell value into a post or put it into a plugin data entry point?

With my limited experience, I thought to make it into short codes, since I can put that in a page, posts, and the plugins will accept. I tried creating non-indexed posts with custom fields containing the values and then tried to create shortcode like this:

function CompanyShortcode() {
return '<p> <?php if( get_post_meta($post->ID, Company, true) ): ?> </p>';
}
add_shortcode('company', 'Company');


2 problems:

Problem 1) when i try to use in a post it displays

">

Problem 2) when using with plugins, I need to pull a custom field from a specific post. How do I identify a specific post?

[brent s]

The error I get with the code above is

ID, Company, true) ): ?>

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