Title: Current Post
Author: Basit Adhi Prabowo
Published: <strong>January 22, 2021</strong>
Last modified: February 12, 2023

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Current Post

 By [Basit Adhi Prabowo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/basitadhi/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/current-post.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/current-post/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/current-post/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/current-post/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/current-post/)

## Description

This is a shortcode to display current post information. For example, you can use
this shortcode below quote, so you can screenshot and share easily, your quote and
link of the post.

#### Features

 * Available information to display:
    POST ID, post_author, post_author_link [+ 
   1.0.1], post_author_nick_link [+ 1.0.1], post_date, post_date_gmt, post_content,
   post_title, post_excerpt, post_status, comment_status, ping_status, permalink,
   permalink_link, address_bar_permalink [+ 1.0.8], address_bar_permalink_link [
   + 1.0.8] TIME now [+ 1.0.2] BLOG blog_name [+ 1.0.7], blog_description [+ 1.0.7],
   blog_wpurl [+ 1.0.7], blog_wpurl_link [+ 1.0.7], blog_url [+ 1.0.7], blog_url_link[
   + 1.0.7], blog_charset [+ 1.0.7], blog_language [+ 1.0.7], blog_atom_url [+ 1.0.7],
   blog_atom_url_link [+ 1.0.7], blog_rdf_url [+ 1.0.7], blog_rdf_url_link [+ 1.0.7],
   blog_rss_url [+ 1.0.7], blog_rss_url_link [+ 1.0.7], blog_rss2_url [+ 1.0.7],
   blog_rss2_url_link [+ 1.0.7], blog_comments_atom_url [+ 1.0.7], blog_comments_atom_url_link[
   + 1.0.7], blog_comments_rss2_url [+ 1.0.7], blog_comments_rss2_url_link [+ 1.0.7]
   AUTHOR author_description [+ 1.0.7], author_display_name [+ 1.0.7], author_first_name[
   + 1.0.7], author_last_name [+ 1.0.7], author_nickname [+ 1.0.7] VARIABLE variableinput[
   + 1.0.31], variableoutput [+ 1.0.31] TOC toc (table of content) [+ 1.0.2, e 1.0.3:
   with link to TOC in the bottom of the page, e 1.0.8 smart link to TOC, e 1.0.28
   facility to exclude from TOC], toc_without_back [+ 1.0.3], toc_neighbour_by_id[
   + 1.0.3, e 1.0.4 with post title], toc_neighbour_by_url [+ 1.0.3, e 1.0.4 with
   post title]
 * Add label for information to display [+ 1.0.2]
 * Automatically add meta description [+ 1.0.11]
 * Automatically add meta title [+ 1.0.11, – 1.0.13]
    Rule: 1st paragraph >= 50 
   chars? if not, 2nd paragraph >= 50 chars? if not, 3rd paragraph >= 50 chars? 
   if not, 1st blockquote exists? if not, no meta description.
 * Automatically add meta keyword for post improvement purpose [+ 1.0.13]
 * Automatically add open graph and json-ld [+ 1.0.15, + 1.0.17], date published
   and modified in meta head [+ 1.0.16]
 * JQuery Datatables and tools to convert from spreadsheet to HTML: spreadsheet_to_html[
   + 1.0.18], datatable [+ 1.0.18]
 * Hijri date format (Bahasa Indonesia Only) [+e 1.0.21]

### Catalogue

[Current Post](https://pdsi.unisayogya.ac.id/how-to-use-currentpost-wordpress-plugin/)

### Testing History

[Testing History](https://pdsi.unisayogya.ac.id/current-post-tester/)

### Example

[currentpost type=”permalink, post_date”]
 Result Example: https://example.org 2021-
01-01 00:00:00

[currentpost type=”post_author_nick_link”]
 Result Example: [[bst]](https://example.org/author/basit/)

[currentpost type=”post_author_nick_link” label=”This is the sample of post_author_nick_link”]

Result Example: This is the sample of post_author_nick_link [[bst]](https://example.org/author/basit/)

[currentpost type=”toc_neighbour_by_id” label=”1″]
 Result Example: * [This is Heading](https://example.org/#head1)*
[This is another Heading](https://example.org/#head2) * [This is Heading in page 2](https://example.org/2/#head3)*
[This is Heading in page 3](https://example.org/3/#head4) * [This is another Heading in page 3](https://example.org/3/#head5)

### Bugs Fix

= 1.0.3
 * Fix Missing closing UL in toc

= 1.0.5
 * Fix Wrong URL of toc of neighbour link

= 1.0.6
 * Remove space in the URL in the toc

= 1.0.8
 * No link to anchor if URL of address bar different from permalink (smart
link to TOC)

= 1.0.9
 * Add indentation in TOC based on heading level * Fix TOC if post use page
break(s)

= 1.0.10
 * Change the_author to get_the_author * Fix now * Fix style of link to
TOC

= 1.0.11
 * Add meta title and description

= 1.0.12
 * Fix exact word between title and description from case sensitive to 
incase sensitive. Blog description as last option to generate meta description, 
not title.

= 1.0.13
 * Exact word move to keyword, for post improvement purpose. * Remove meta
title. * Can use both gutenberg and classic

= 1.0.14
 * Meta show if only URL of address bar same as permalink

= 1.0.15
 * Add open graph and json-ld. Thumbnail taken from featured image, then
first image (img src), then image post attachment, if exists. * Fix extract_tags_current_post
when handle self closing

= 1.0.16
 * Add date published and modified in meta head

= 1.0.17
 * Add open graph and json-ld for index

= 1.0.18
 * Add Jquery Datatables from usual table * Add tools to convert from spreadsheet
to HTML and an shortcode of currentpost jquery datatables

= 1.0.19
 * Fix tools (from echo to return) * Fix closing ul in TOC

= 1.0.20
 * Add date format ‘Y-m-d-hijriah’, add Hijri to Post’s Date (Bahasa Indonesia
Only)

= 1.0.21
 * Change date format ‘Y-m-d-hijriah’ to ‘Y-m-d-#’; and add short format‘
Y-m-d-$’ (Bahasa Indonesia Only)

= 1.0.22
 * Override both the_time and get_the_time

= 1.0.23
 * bugs fix on override get_the_time

= 1.0.24
 * remove the_time (the_time call get_the_time)

= 1.0.25
 * Change date format ‘Y-m-d-#’ to ‘Y-m-d-4’ and ‘Y-m-d-$’ to ‘Y-m-d-5’(
Bahasa Indonesia Only) * Fix date and time problem

= 1.0.28
 * Change, use id=”exclude_toc” on header to exclude it from TOC

= 1.0.30
 * use curl rather than file_get_contents

= 1.0.32
 * fix mismatch in example

= 1.0.33
 * add eval ability

= 1.0.34
 * bug fix, bracket

= 1.0.35
 * bug fix variable mismatch

= 1.0.36
 * add function call, optimize javascript

= 1.0.37
 * add string call

= 1.0.38
 * fix string call and <> symbol; input as output (event: onfocus)

= 1.0.39
 * trim variableinput, enclose variableoutput, dot escape

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Screenshot and share quote easily

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1523641d659fa1f2e4bf5841b7c37b08bd4c0bff2985d7c2c0bee78c18c81b62?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Interesting plugin, but don’t expect any support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/interesting-plugin-but-dont-expect-any-support/)󠁿

 [manu.p](https://profiles.wordpress.org/manup-1/) February 25, 2023

Interesting plugin for who needs to show the current post title, but don’t expect
any support from the dev. Whatever you ask remains a dead letter. Maybe the plugin
is almost dead itself…

 [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/current-post/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Current Post” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Basit Adhi Prabowo ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/basitadhi/)

[Translate “Current Post” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/current-post)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/current-post/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/current-post/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/current-post/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/current-post/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.39**
 *  Last updated **3 years ago**
 *  Active installations **20+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.1.10**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/current-post/)
 * Tags
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   [post](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/)[shortcode](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcode/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/current-post/advanced/)

## Ratings

 2 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Basit Adhi Prabowo ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/basitadhi/)

## Support

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