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Generate a list of all WordPress shortcodes available in a theme

Is there any way to get a list of all shortcodes available in an installed theme? Preferably, with available parameters. I found one plugin, but it doesn't list the parameters, only the shortcodes:

http://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-dropdown/

If I can't do this from within WordPress, or by generating a custom page of some kind, then can I find this out by digging through the theme files somewhere? Not sure where to look.

Thanks!

Jason C. Levine

Ugh. This would be handy.

At this time, the only way to do it that I know of is to look through functions.php and follow the code there and see where it takes you. Some themes make a ton of calls to external class files so you have to really understand the theme construction to be successful.

Please note that the above would work for theme-based short codes. Codes found In the core or in plugins are located elsewhere.

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DrDamnit

Yeah, so to get the list he wants, he can disable the theme, then dump the array. Then enable the theme, and dump the array again. The "new" items in the second dump would be the shortcodes he wants. (You'd have to diff the two lists)

Brad Bansner

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Thanks for the suggestions, guys.