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Display all / specific PDFs / documents in dropdown

Here describes how to use shortcodes to display specific PDFs in dropdown.

Shortcodes

[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown]

Common uses

All PDFs in dropdown with date weekday filter
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" exclude_id="50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57" order_by="date" order="DESC" show_date="yes" date_format="l - " date_before_title="yes" date_weekday_filter="Y-m-l" date_weekday_filter_order="DESC-ASC-ASC" date_weekday_filter_right="yes"]
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Shortcode attributes table

You may use none, one or multiple attributes to shortcode.

Attribute Values Default
id integer value, ALL
exclude_id integer value
extension supported extnsions on setting page
Examples Description
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="7,8,9,10,11,12"]
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show PDF/document with specifc id of: 7,8,9,10,11,12 in dropdown
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" exclude_id="3,4,5,8"]
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show all PDF/documents but exclude id in( 3,4,5,8 ) in dropdown
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" exclude_id="3,4,5,8" columns="3" extension="mp3"]
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show mp3 files
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" exclude_id="3,4,5,8" columns="3" extension="mp3,flac,wav"]
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show audio files
Attribute Values Default
option_none any string Select to open...
target _blank _blank
Examples Description
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="7,8,9,10,11,12"]
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show PDF/document with specifc id of: 7,8,9,10,11,12 in dropdown, open PDF/document in new window/tab when dropdown selected change
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="7,8,9,10,11,12" option_none="selezionare per aprire"]
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show PDF/document with specifc id of: 7,8,9,10,11,12 in dropdown, open PDF/document in new window/tab when dropdown selected change

*  The default text on select is overwritten

[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="7,8,9,10,11,12" target=""]
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show PDF/document with specifc id of: 7,8,9,10,11,12 in dropdown, open PDF/document in current window/tab when dropdown selected change
Attribute Values Default
order_by title, date, custom, id title
order ASC, DESC ASC
Examples Description
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="title" order="ASC"]
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display all PDFs/documents order by title in ascending
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="date" order="DESC"]
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display all PDFs/documents order by date in descending
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="7,8,9,1,2,3,4,5,6" order_by="custom" order="ASC"]
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display specific PDFs/documents of id=7,8,9,1,2,3,4,5,6 order by customer order

*  Check for how to set custom order >>

[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="7,8,9,1,2,3,4,5,6" order_by="id" order="DESC"]
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display specific PDFs/documents of id=7,8,9,1,2,3,4,5,6 order by id descending

*  so the PDFs/documents order when display is id: 9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1

[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="7,8,9,1,2,3,4,5,6" order_by=""]
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display specific PDFs/documents of id=7,8,9,1,2,3,4,5,6 in same order as id sequence

*  it means the one of id=7 will be first and id=6 will be last

Attribute Values Default
most_top integer value( > 0 )
year_of year number( ex: 2020 ), 9999( most recent ), year range( ex: 2017-2019 )
month_of month number( ex: 05 mans May ), any year
day_of day number( ex: 03 ), any year any month
weekday_of MON, TUE, WED, THU, FRI, SAT, SUN
Examples Description
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="date" order="DESC" most_top="20" ]
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show the most recent 20 PDFs/documents in dropdown
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" year_of="2017-2019"]
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only show PDFs/documents which date between 2017-01-01 and 2019-12-31.
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" year_of="2017" month_of="06"]
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only show PDFs/documents which date in Jun, 2017
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" day_of="11"]
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only show PDFs/documents which date day of 11, donot care year or month
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" year_of="9999" month_of="99" day_of="99"]
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only show PDFs/documents which date is the most recent date
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" weekday_of="MON"]
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only show PDFs/documents which date is Monday, donot care year, month or day )
Attribute Values Default
search_bar KEYWORDS, YEAR_KEYWORDS
search_bar_year_range year-year( ex: 2012-2020 ), APPLIED
search_bar_year_order ASC, DESC DESC
search_bar_keywords_match_type_default EXACTLY, PARTIALLY PARTIALLY
search_bar_show_keywords_match_choice yes no
search_bar_only yes no
search_bar_placeholder any string Keywords
search_bar_year_option_none any string Any Year
search_bar_reset_text any string Reset
search_bar_button_text any string Search
search_bar_keywords_match_choice_desc_text any string Keywords match type
search_bar_keywords_match_choice_partially_text any string Partially
search_bar_keywords_match_choice_exactly_text any string Exactly
Examples Description
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" search_bar="KEYWORDS"]
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display all PDFs/documents with search bar eanbled, the search bar only have keywords field
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" search_bar="YEAR_KEYWORDS" search_bar_year_range="2015-2018" search_bar_year_order="ASC"]
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define the year range from 2015 to 2018 for year dropdown in serch bar, show years in ascending order
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" pdfs_per_page="10" search_bar="YEAR_KEYWORDS" search_bar_show_keywords_match_choice="yes"]
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Show keywords match chocie select, exactly match only return PDF / document whose filename / title / description same as the keyword
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" search_bar="YEAR_KEYWORDS" search_bar_year_range="APPLIED" search_bar_year_order="ASC" search_bar_placeholder="Cerca la rassegna stampa" search_bar_year_option_none="Anno" search_bar_button_text="Ricerca"]
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list all years that applied to documents for year dropdown in serch bar, show years in ascending order

*  the text on keyword input and year select and button will be overwritten

[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" search_bar_only="yes" search_bar="KEYWORDS" show_count_desc="yes"]
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display search bar only and show results count
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" search_bar_only="yes" search_bar="KEYWORDS" show_count_desc="yes" count_desc_singular="Total: %d" count_desc_plural="Total: %d"]
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display search bar only and show results count with custom text

*  You may use search_bar_placeholder and search_bar_year_option_none to overwrite text on keyword input and year select

Attribute Values Default
show_count_desc yes no
count_desc_empty any string no records found
count_desc_singular %d + any string %d record found
count_desc_plural %d + any string %d records found
Examples Description
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" search_bar="KEYWORDS" show_count_desc="yes"]
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display search bar and show results count
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" extension_filter="SPECIFIC" extension_filter_specific="pdf,zip,doc,docx" extension_filter_labels="pdf:Schedule,zip:Attachment,doc:Timesheet,docx:More details" show_count_desc="yes" count_desc_singular="Total: %d" count_desc_plural="Total: %d"]
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display extension bar and show results count with custom text
Attribute Values Default
show_date yes no
date_format d, j, l, m, M, F, Y, y d/m/Y
date_before_title yes no
date_prefix custom string
Examples Description
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="40,111,113,114" show_date="yes"]
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append PDFs/documents date with default format( d/m/Y, example: 25/02/2020 ) after title.
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="40,111,113,114" show_date="yes" date_format="--F d, Y" date_prefix="Published on: "]
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append PDFs/document date with custom format( F d, Y, example: February 25, 2020 ) after title. And display "Published on: " before PDF date.
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="40,111,113,114" show_date="yes" date_format="Y-m-d " date_before_title="yes"]
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add PDFs/documents date with custom format( Y-m-d, example: 2020-02-25 ) before title.

*  Check PHP date() Function for more date format

*  PDFs/documents description is not supported when display in dropdown

Attribute Values Default
date_weekday_filter Y, m, M, F, d, j, jS, D, l
date_weekday_filter_order DESC, ASC ASC
date_weekday_filter_right yes no
date_weekday_filter_year_option_none any string Year
date_weekday_filter_month_option_none any string Month
date_weekday_filter_day_option_none any string Day
date_weekday_filter_weekday_option_none any string Day of week
Examples Description
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" date_weekday_filter="Y-m-d-D" date_weekday_filter_order="DESC-ASC-ASC-ASC" date_weekday_filter_right="yes"]
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display date weekday fitler above PDF list on right.

*  The date_weekday_filter & date_weekday_filter_order separated by - and can use one or all of them

[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" date_weekday_filter="Y-m-d-D" date_weekday_filter_order="DESC-ASC-ASC-ASC" date_weekday_filter_right="yes" date_weekday_filter_year_option_none="Anno" date_weekday_filter_month_option_none="Mese" date_weekday_filter_day_option_none="Giorno" date_weekday_filter_weekday_option_none="Giorno della settimana"]
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display date weekday fitler above PDF list on right.

*  The text on year, month, day, day of week selects were overwritten

[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" date_weekday_filter="Y" date_weekday_filter_order="DESC"]
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only show year in filter
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" date_weekday_filter="Y-D" date_weekday_filter_order="DESC-ASC"]
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show year and weekday in filter
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" date_weekday_filter="m-D" date_weekday_filter_order="DESC-ASC" date_weekday_filter_right="yes"]
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show month and weekday in filter, month in descinding and weekday in ascending order

*  This filter only apply to the current PDFs/documents results it won't query PDFs/documents from database

*  For year the support format is: Y( eg: 2020 )

*  For month the support format is: m( eg: 01 ), M( eg: Dec ), F( eg: February )

*  For day the support format is: d( eg: 25 ), j( eg: 25 ), jS( eg: 25th )

*  For weekday the support format is: D( eg: Tue ), l( lower case of L, eg: Tuesday )

Attribute Values Default
date_weekday_query_filter ALL_EXISTED, SPECIFIC no
date_weekday_query_filter_format Y, m, M, F, d, j, jS, D, l, Y-m|M|F-d|j|jS-D|l Y-F-jS-D
date_weekday_query_filter_range YEAR_start:YEAR_end-MONTH_start:MONTH_end-DAY_start:DAY_end-WEEKDAY_start:WEEKDAY_end 2000:2020-1:12-1:31-MON:SUN
date_weekday_query_filter_order DESC, ASC DESC-ASC-ASC-ASC
date_weekday_filter_year_option_none any string Year
date_weekday_filter_month_option_none any string Month
date_weekday_filter_day_option_none any string Day
date_weekday_filter_weekday_option_none any string Day of week
date_weekday_query_filter_right yes no
date_weekday_query_filter_only yes no
date_weekday_query_filter_sunday_first yes no
Examples Description
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="date" order="DESC" date_weekday_query_filter="ALL_EXISTED" pdfs_per_page="10"]
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display date weekday query filter above PDFs, change dropdown to query PDFs with selected year, monthy, day and day of week
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="date" order="DESC" date_weekday_query_filter="SPECIFIC" date_weekday_query_filter_range="2015:2020-MON:SUN" date_weekday_query_filter_format="Y-l"]
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display specific date weekday query filter, set year range from 2015 to 2020 and day of week from Monday to Sunday.
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="date" order="DESC" date_weekday_query_filter="ALL_EXISTED" date_weekday_query_filter_format="Y-F" date_weekday_filter_year_option_none="Select year..." date_weekday_filter_month_option_none="Select month..." date_weekday_query_filter_right="yes" date_weekday_query_filter_only="yes"]
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display year and month as query filter, place query filter bar on right, only show query filter bar( without PDFs at first), change dropdown option null to specific text.

*  This filter shows year, month, day, day of week in dropdowns above and load documents whose date same as selected values.

*  The filter different from Date weekday filter, this one loads documents from databse when filter change.

*  date_weekday_query_filter_only="yes" means no PDFs/documents listed at first

Attribute Values Default
extension_filter ALL, ALL_EXISTED, SPECIFIC no
extension_filter_default a valid extension
extension_filter_specific valid extensions
extension_filter_labels extension:label
extension_filter_exclude valid extensions
extension_filter_only yes no
Examples Description
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="date" order="DESC" extension_filter="ALL"]
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display all supported extensions above PDFs/documents list
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="date" order="DESC" extension_filter="ALL" extension_filter_default="pdf"]
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display all supported extensions above PDFs/documents list. Default to show PDFs/documents with .pdf
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="date" order="DESC" extension_filter="ALL_EXISTED"]
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only show extensions that have PDFs/documents managed. Extension filer bar placed above PDFs/documents results
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" extension_filter="SPECIFIC" extension_filter_specific="pdf,zip,doc,docx"]
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show specifc extensions, the extension given by extension_filter_specific
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" extension_filter="SPECIFIC" extension_filter_specific="pdf,zip,doc,docx" extension_filter_labels="pdf:Schedule,zip:Attachment,doc:Timesheet,docx:More details" show_count_desc="yes"]
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show specifc extensions with labels. Labes will be shown above PDFs/documents instead extensions
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" extension_filter="ALL_EXISTED" extension_filter_only="yes" show_count_desc="yes"]
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only show extensions bar that have PDFs/documents managed, without PDFs/documents. Also show results count.

*  extension_filter_only="yes" means no PDFs/documents listed at first( even extension_filter_default given), so just extensions there.

*  This filter shows extensions that choosen on plugin setting page. It will show extensions above and load documents that have clicked extension.

*  This filter will overwrtie the extension attribute

Attribute Values Default
title_filter ALPHABET, ALPHABET_EXISTED, SPECIFIC no
title_filter_default valid title
title_filter_specific valid title
title_filter_first_x_chars integer value( work with ALPHABET_EXISTED ) 1
title_filter_exclude any string
title_filter_only yes no
Examples Description
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="date" order="DESC" title_filter="ALPHABET"]
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display alphabet( A - Z ) as title start filter above PDFs/documents list
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="date" order="DESC" title_filter="ALPHABET" title_filter_default="C" ]
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display alphabet( A - Z ) as title start filter, show documents start with A at first
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="date" order="DESC" title_filter="ALPHABET_EXISTED"]
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display all available first char from database as title start filter above PDFs/documents list
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="date" order="DESC" title_filter="ALPHABET_EXISTED" title_filter_first_x_chars="3"]
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display all available first 3 chars from database as title start filter above PDFs/documents list
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="date" order="DESC" title_filter="ALPHABET_EXISTED" title_filter_first_x_chars="2" title_filter_exclude="In,Se"]
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display all available first 2 chars from database( and exclude In, Se ) as title start filter above PDFs/documents list
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" title_filter="SPECIFIC" title_filter_specific="Traffic,Board" title_filter_default="Board"]
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show specifc title start string to filter documents, given by title_filter_specific
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" title_filter="SPECIFIC" title_filter_specific="Traffic,Board" title_filter_only="yes" show_count_desc="yes"]
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show specifc title start string to filter documents, only show PDFs/documents after filter clicked, also show results count.

*  This filter shows string above and load documents that title start with clicked extension.

*  title_filter_only="yes" means no PDFs/documents listed at first( even title_filter_default given).

Attribute Values Default
tags ALL, ASSIGNED, SPECIFIC
tags_default tag id
tags_exclude tag id, separate by comma
tags_specific tag id, separate by comma
tags_align_right no, yes no
tags_order_by date, title title
tags_order ASC, DESC ASC
Examples Description
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="date" order="DESC" tags="ALL" tags_order_by="date" tags_order="DESC"]
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display all tags
[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="date" order="DESC" tags="ASSIGNED" tags_exclude="1,2" tags_align_right="yes" ]
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only display tags that assigned to PDFs / documents

*  Tags with ID of 1 and 2 will be excluded

[bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" order_by="date" order="DESC" tags="SPECIFIC" tags_specific="8,11,23,14,26,28"]
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display tags with ID of 8,11,23,14,26,28

*  Tags name will be show as anchor above PDFs/documents list, load PDFs by AJAX when click tag

Advanced uses

Output container class

Use shortcode parameter of output_container_class to add your own class name to the shortcode output container if you'd like to do custom CSS. Example: [bsk-pdfm-pdfs-dropdown id="ALL" output_container_class="my_idenfity_PDFs_container_class"]

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