By Stephen Walker

Updated July 20, 2023

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If you work with numerous non-published posts, it might be helpful to show the status. This shortcode shows the status if the status is currently not “Publish.”

function current_post_status_shortcode($atts) {
    global $post;

    // Check if we are inside a post
    if (!isset($post->ID)) {
        return '';
    }

    // Get the post status
    $status = get_post_status($post->ID);

    // Check the post status
    if($status != 'publish') {
        return $status;
    }

    // If post status is 'publish', we return an empty string
    return '';
}
add_shortcode('post_status', 'current_post_status_shortcode');

Originally published on July 20, 2023

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