The Display Switcher Shortcode switch the content of the post or page through the detection of the device.
Add the shortcode [multi] in a post or page and use the device attribute to device name. if the device attribute is empty, detect the desktop PC.
Attributes
device
(string | empty) The name of the device
smart
tablet
mobile
game
the name of the Custom Switcher
if empty, detect the desktop PC
Example Shortcode
[multi]pc or other specific stuff here[/multi] [multi device="smart"]smartphone specific stuff here[/multi] [multi device="tablet"]tablet specific stuff here[/multi] [multi device="test"]test Custom Switcher specific stuff here[/multi]
For theme or plugin developers. Filters The Display Switcher Shortcode through hooks. In that case, edit theme or plugin files.
<?php echo do_shortcode('[multi device="smart"]smartphone specific stuff here[/multi]'); ?>
How to use the Disable Switcher
The Disable Switcher disable the switching of the theme by a particular URL. If you match the access the url and a string or a regular expression (Regex mode), disable the switching of the theme. Regex mode is for advanced users.
Go to the “Multi Device Switcher” options page through the ‘Appearance’ menu in WordPress.
Enter the path to the line by line where you want to disable by Disable Switcher option. Check the checkbox ‘Enable Regex’, if you want to use a regular expression.
Multi Device Switcher set the Cookie that holds the state of the switch. You can get the Cookie and detect the device by JavaScript.
Cookies
multi-device-switcher The name of the device is switched (value: null | device name)
disable-switcher State of disabled (value: null | 1)
pc-switcher State of the PC Switcher when switched (value: null | 1)
Example
<script src="http://DOMEIN/PATH/TO/jquery.cookie.js"></script> <script> (function($) { $(function() { if ( $.cookie( 'multi-device-switcher' ) == 'smart' ) { /* smartphone specific stuff here */ } else if ( $.cookie( 'multi-device-switcher' ) == 'tablet' ) { /* tablet specific stuff here */ } else { /* pc or other specific stuff here */ } }); })(jQuery); </script>
is_multi_device() function
is_multi_device() function is a boolean function, meaning it returns either TRUE or FALSE. Works through the detection of the device by the Multi_Device_Switcher class.
Usage
<?php is_multi_device('smart'); ?>
Example
<?php if ( function_exists( 'is_multi_device' ) ) { if ( is_multi_device('smart') ) { /* Display and echo smartphone specific stuff here */ } elseif ( is_multi_device('tablet') ) { /* Display and echo tablet specific stuff here */ } else { /* Display and echo pc or other specific stuff here */ } } ?>
Parameters
device name (required)
(string) The name of the device
smart
tablet
mobile
game
the name of the Custom Switcher
Return Values
(boolean) Return boolean whether a particular device.
is_pc_switcher() function
is_pc_switcher() function is a boolean function, meaning it returns either TRUE or FALSE. Return the the state of PC Switcher by the Multi_Device_Switcher class. Return true if the theme has switched by the PC Switcher.
Usage
<?php is_pc_switcher(); ?>
Example
<?php if ( function_exists( 'is_pc_switcher' ) ) { if ( is_pc_switcher() ) { /* Theme switched by the PC Switcher. Display and echo specific stuff here */ } else { /* Display and echo specific stuff here */ } } ?>
Parameters
None
Return Values
(boolean) Return the state of PC Switcher.
is_disable_switcher() function
is_disable_switcher() function is a boolean function, meaning it returns either TRUE or FALSE. Return the state of disabled by the Multi_Device_Switcher class.
Usage
<?php is_disable_switcher(); ?>
Example
<?php if ( function_exists( 'is_disable_switcher' ) ) { if ( is_disable_switcher() ) { /* Disabled. Display and echo specific stuff here */ } else { /* Display and echo specific stuff here */ } } ?>
Parameters
None
Return Values
(boolean) Return the state of disabled.
Multi Device Switcher Command
The Multi Device Switcher Command is command-line tool.
Add-on the Multi Device Switcher Command, when you activate the plugin “Multi Device Switcher”. To use the Multi Device Switcher Command is WP-CLI required.
NAME
wp multi-device
DESCRIPTION
Multi Device Switcher Command
SYNOPSIS
wp multi-device <command>
SUBCOMMANDS
add add Custom Switcher css turn on/off default CSS delete delete Custom Switcher pc-switcher turn on/off PC Switcher reset reset Settings to Default UserAgent status get status of settings theme get or switch a theme useragent get or set UserAgent
For more information about the Multi Device Switcher Command, see wp help multi-device <SUBCOMMANDS>.
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