Custom post type for short oneliners, including a widget and shortcode.

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Brent Maxwell

<p>A custom post type, shortcode, and widget to display random one-line quips on your site. Can be used for random quotes, jokes, etc.</p>
<h3>Use and Options</h3>
<h4>Options</h4>
<p>Options are accessible under the ‘Oneliners’ menu. The only option is the slug for the post type.</p>
<h4>Widget</h4>
<p>The widget has only two options: “Title” and “Display as permalink”.</p>
<h4>Shortcode</h4>
<pre><code>random-oneliner
</code></pre>
<p>The shortcode can take any parameters that the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Parameters" rel="nofollow ugc"><code>WP_Query()</code></a> object can take, with the exception of <code>post_type</code>. The defaults are: <code>posts_per_page="1" orderby="rand"</code></p>
<p>In addition, the <code>display_as_link</code> parameter can be set to <code>true</code> to output the oneliner with it’s permalink.</p>


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