Add shortcode within the_content()

Question

I'm trying to add a shortcode within the text of the_content(). It is possible to add it to the beginning or the end however I cannot figure out how I would get it to show after say 200 characters.

Here's the shortcode that I need added:

[related-posts]

I've tried this but this isnt suitable for me because it replaces every paragaraph with a shortcode.

Answer 1

Here's what I've used after finding something on the web (wpbeginner). It finds the fourth p tag closing and adds it after that. Originally it was to add ad banners in the middle of post content dynamically.

add_filter( 'the_content', 'prefix_insert_post_related' ); function prefix_insert_post_related( $content ) { $related_code .= do_shortcode("[divider]"); $related_code .= do_shortcode("[bws_related_posts]"); if ( is_single() && ! is_admin() ) { return prefix_insert_after_paragraph( $related_code, 4, $content ); } return $content; } function prefix_insert_after_paragraph( $insertion, $paragraph_id, $content ) { $closing_p = '</p>'; $paragraphs = explode( $closing_p, $content ); foreach ($paragraphs as $index => $paragraph) { if ( trim( $paragraph ) ) { $paragraphs[$index] .= $closing_p; } if ( $paragraph_id == $index + 1 ) { $paragraphs[$index] .= $insertion; } } return implode( '', $paragraphs ); } 

Answer 2

yes you can,

 $kvcodes_con = the_content(); $kvcodes_first_param = substr($kvcodes_con, 0, 200); $kvcodes_second_param = substr($kvcodes_con, 200); echo $kvcodes_final = $kvcodes_first_param.'[your-shortcode]'.$kvcodes_second_param; 

I hope this will help you to add your short code within it