Shortcode Table of Contents

Simply use the [toc content=".your-container"] shortcode to automatically generate a table of contents for any HTML container.

The shortcode accepts a number of parameters:

• content string required
  A CSS selector indicating the container of your content.
• headers string
  A comma separated list of heading selectors that you want to include.
• speed int
  Speed of sliding back to top.
• anchor-class string
  Class of anchor links.
• anchor-text string
  Prepended or appended to anchor headings. Leave blank to disable anchor links.
• top_class string
  Back to top button or link class.
• spy true/false
  Enable scroll spy. This will highlight the list items as you scroll past them.
• position append/prepend
  Position of anchor text.
• spy-offset int
  Specify heading offset for spy scrolling.

1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/shortcode-toc directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

Installation Instructions

1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/shortcode-toc directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress

Can I use the shortcode multiple times on a page?

No. Currently it’ll only work once per page.

The table of contents isn’t showing up.

Did you set the content parameter of the shortcode to a valid CSS selector on your page? This is a required argument.

Can I build a table of contents for just h2 and h3 tags?

Yup, your shortcode would look like this [toc content=".your-container" headers="h2,h3"]

Is there a PHP version of the shortcode?

You can use the do_shortcode() function like this:

<?php echo do_shortcode( '[toc content=".your-container"]' ); ?>