Creating a Simple Shortcode

WordPress shortcodes are actually very easy to create. If you know how to write a basic PHP function, then you already know how to create a WordPress shortcode. For our first shortcode, let’s create the well-known “Hello, World” message.

1. Open the functions.php file in your theme. If it doesn’t exist, create one.
2. First, we have to create a function to return the “Hello World” string. Paste this in your functions.php file:
   function hello() {
return 'Hello, World!';
}
3. Now that we have a function, we have to turn it into

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