A small plugin which allows you to use shortcodes as the attribute of other shortcode, shortcode inside shortcode, dynamic shortcode.
As of April 2026, Dynamic Shortcode is a WordPress nested plugin with 40 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 1.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.5+ and PHP 5.3+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Last updated 5 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Nested Pages.
A small plugin which allows you to use shortcodes as the attribute of other shortcode, shortcode inside shortcode, dynamic shortcode.
Use this shortcode to make dynamic shortcodes
[dy_shortcode sc=”” at=””][/dy_shortcode]
For example making a gallery with dynamic id by another shortcode
[gallery id=””] [custom id=”123″]
Final dynamic shortcode merged
[dy_shortcode sc=”gallery” at=”id”][custom id=”123″][/dy_shortcode]
Only 1 attribute can be dynamic, use comma (,) for multiple shortcode entries
[dy_shortcode sc=”gallery” at=”id”][custom id=”123″],[custom id=”321″],[custom id=”231″][/dy_shortcode]
All other static attributes can…
| WordPress | 4.5+ requiredTested up to 5.4.19 |
| PHP | 5.3+ required |
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