How to limit a shortcode to only appear for certain categories of posts

[Bruce Rawles]

Does anyone have any suggestions how to have a shortcode (in this case [DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS] which you can see manually inserted at the top of this post: https://yachatsnews.com/yachats-council-forgives-11000-of-19000-utility-bill-for-low-income-apartment-developer-after-massive-water-leak-in-february/ ) appear ONLY on posts with certain categories? My client would like to exclude a few of the current 16 post categories from showing the social sharing icons. I'm familiar with using the display: none CSS property to selectively hide items with a class or id as a target, but not sure how this might work without having to copy and paste the shortcode (or not) on dozens of monthly posts – the current tedious and not-at-all elegant workaround. Many thanks in advance for any suggestions! 🙂

[Anita]

If you using the Ultimate Social Icons plugin, that's a better question for them. They may not have included that functionality within the theme. Check their support page - https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-social-media-icons/.

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[andytc]

If your comfortable adding code to functions.php in the childtheme , you could try this. Just change the category ID's to match your own needs. This will show the icons only on single posts in those categories.

/*********************************
*
*  Custom Social Icons
*
*********************************/

// priority '5' added to be above main content
add_action( 'genesis_entry_content', 'custom_social_icons' , 5 ); 

function custom_social_icons() { 
    // add comma seperated list of category id's to show social icons on single posts only
    if ( is_single() && in_category ( array( 7, 8, 3 ) ) )  { 
      
      echo do_shortcode( '[DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS]' );

    } 
}

[Bruce Rawles]

THANKS AndyTC, that works like a charm; exactly what I was looking for and much appreciated! Thanks also, Anita for your suggestion; that was my backup plan. What a great support community; so grateful to you both ... and all! 🙂

[andytc]

That’s fantastic Bruce , glad it’s all working.

[fazmusiciha]

THANKS AndyTC, that works

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