WordPress Video Lessons Manager Plugin (CMVLM) - Admin - Shortcodes

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What are Shortcodes

The WordPress Video Lessons Manager Plugin has a set of shortcodes. Shortcodes are codes the admin inputs in the Back-End that are replaced by live content in the Front-End. For instance, a plugin might have the shortcode [date] that will be transformed in the current date whenever the user accesses the post.

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In the Admin Panel → CM Video Lessons Manager Pro → Shortcodes page, there is a list of available shortcodes for the Video Lessons Manager plugin. This article will describe each shortcode and its parameters.

Playlists

General Playlist

Shortcode format:  [cmvl-playlist view="playlist|tiles" layout="left|right|bottom|nomenu" course="id|slug" lesson="id|slug" video=id navbar=1 searchbar=1 linksbar=1 ajax=1 urlsearch=0 maxwidth=0]

Use: Shows the list of available videos on a specific lesson or course. 

Attributes:

• Option to turn off the linksbar, navbar and searchbar and ajax for enabling/disabling Ajax calls.
• Set the maximum playlist width in pixels by parameter maxwidth (0 means it's disabled).
• With view attribute admin can set specific videos positioning for each playlist: tiles or playlist (list of videos).
• Also with layout attribute admin can decide where to display the video list (only if using view=playlist) - left, right or bottom.
• Urlsearch is used for the developers to allow searching a keyword passed by the URL parameter.

Single Video

Shortcode format:  [cmvl-playlist video=id]

Use: Displays only a single player for a specific video ID. You can use all other attributes described before.

Example: [cmvl-playlist video=1581]

Single Lesson

Shortcode format: [cmvl-playlist lesson=id]  

Use: Displays only a single player for a specific lesson ID. You can use all other attributes described before.

Example: [cmvl-playlist lesson=5]

Single Course

Shortcode format:  [cmvl-playlist course=id]  

Use: Displays only a single player for a specific course ID. You can use all other attributes described before.

Example [cmvl-playlist course=4]

Video List by Course

Shortcode format: [cmvl-videolist course="id" split_by_lesson=0]

Use: Displays the videos according to the course ID. You can also split videos by lesson if you set split_by_lesson to 1.

Lesson List

Shortcode format: [cmvl-lessonlist group_by_course=0]

Use: Display all the lessons. 

• You can group by course if you set "group_by_course" to 1.

Example: [cmvl-lessonlist group_by_course=1]

Courses List

Shortcode format:[cmvl-courses-list]

Use: Display the courses list. 

Example

Attributes

• view - Choose the view. If left empty, shows the default list view. Also accepts

  • shop   [cmvl-courses-list view="shop"]

    

  • square  [cmvl-courses-list view="square"]

    

    Note: In the square view, the lock will show if the payments add-on is active and the client adds subscription to the lesson.

  • list   [cmvl-courses-list view="list"]

    

Catalog of All Open Videos

Shortcode format: [cmvl-video-catalog limit="" paid="yes|no"]

Use: Display the list of all open videos, no matter what courses or lessons they are assigned to

Attributes

• limit - How many videos are displayed
• paid - "yes" to include paid videos, "no" to exclude. Only works when paired with the Payments Add-on.

Example: [cmvl-video-catalog limit="6" paid="no"]

Bookmarks

Shortcode format: [cmvl-bookmarks navbar=1 searchbar=1 linksbar=1 ajax=1 view="playlist|tiles"]

Use: Shows the list of all user saved bookmarks with the ability to turn navbar and searchbar off. 

Example [cmvl-bookmarks navbar=1 searchbar=1 linksbar=1 ajax=1 view=playlist]

Learn more: How To - Create a Bookmark Page

Playlist

Shortcode format: [cmvl-user-playlist view="playlist|tiles"]

Use: Display user's selected videos playlist.

User Dashboard

Shortcode format: [cmvl-dashboard]

Use: Display user's dashboard divided by tabs. You can modify and create new dashboard tabs in the plugin settings under the Dashboard tab ( read the guide). 

Example

User Statistics

Shortcode format:  [cmvl-stats]

Use: Shows the user's own statistics about watched lessons. The user can see which lessons he/she watched and what percentage was completed out of the overall.

Only shows lessons the user has already started watching.

Read the specific guide.

Attributes:

• permalinks - enable links to each video or course with 1 and disable with 0. By default, it's set to 1.

Examples

[cmvl-stats permalinks="0"]

[cmvl-stats permalinks="1"]

User Progress

Shortcode format: [cmvl-video-progress] , [cmvl-lesson-progress] , and [cmvl-course-progress] .

Use: Display the user's progress (percent) for the video, lesson or progress. 

Attributes: 

• id - Write the id to identify the video, lesson or progress.
• showtitle - "0" hides the title, "1" shows it.

Example: [cmvl-video-progress id="100" showtitle="1"]

Report About All Users

Shortcode format: [cmvl-progress-report]

Use: Display the progress report of all users in the front-end. You can choose which roles can see it from the settings.

Example

Learn more: WordPress Video Lessons Manager Plugin (CMVLM) - Progress Report - Admin View

Points and Badges

Shortcode format:

• [cmvl-user-info]   - For displaying info about claimed badges.
• [cmvl-badges]   - For displaying the list of badges for claiming.

The shortcode [cmvl-user-info]   has the following parameters:

• displayusername - Define if to show the user name. Set "1" to show, and "0" to hide. The default value is "1".
• displayuserpoints - Define it to show the amount of user points. Set "1" to show, and "0" to hide. The default value is "1".
• displayuserbadges - Define if to show the user badges. Set "1" to show, and "0" to hide. The default value is "1".

Example:

[cmvl-user-info displayusername="1" displayuserpoints="1" displayuserbadges="1"]

The shortcode [cmvl-badges]  has one parameter:

• displayuserpoints - Define it to show the amount of user points. Set "1" to show, and "0" to hide. The default value is "1".

Example:

[cmvl-badges displayuserpoints="1"]

Example

Learn more: WordPress Video Lessons Manager Plugin (CMVLM) - Use Case - How to Show User Achievements for Watching Lessons and Courses

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