Flickr Image Shortcode

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  dkadish · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 8:44 pm

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  I’d really like to see a shortcode option for adding an image from flickr to a WP post. Something along the lines of
  [flickr image=????]

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  justjennifer · Member · Mar 20, 2011 at 9:06 am

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  @dkadish, While it’s a nice idea, flickr has their own Community Guidelines which require you to link back to the original photo on flickr as a part of your image. Check this out. http://www.flickr.com/guidelines.gne specifically

  flickr provides the HTML code for use where the photographer has enabled sharing of their images.

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  panaghiotisadam · Member · Mar 20, 2011 at 9:22 am

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  Shortcodes allow you to embed complex objects that would normally require types of code you’re not allowed to use (javascript and iframes). In the case of a Flickr image, If the photographer hasn’t disabled sharing, you just click Share, copy the HTML and paste it in the HTML post editor. So what use would a shortcode be?

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  dkadish · Member · Mar 20, 2011 at 6:16 pm

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  I was thinking more for photos that I have on my own flickr account. It would just save some copy-pasting if I could write something like [flickr image=4149125712] instead of <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkadish/4149125712/" title="IMG_4183.JPG by dkadish, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2697/4149125712_e712b19b08.jpg" width="500" height="281" alt="IMG_4183.JPG" /></a> and then it would link back to the original image in the way the Flickr requests it.

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  sowrey · Member · Mar 29, 2011 at 2:45 pm

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  I second dkadish! The shortcode should handle both. And if there’s a concern about whether or not the item is available/visible for use — hasn’t that issue already been handled with the use of video in the Flickr shortcode?

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  justjennifer · Member · Apr 4, 2011 at 9:49 pm

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  It seems we can already embed flickr images and slideshows if you have enabled auto-embeds in your Dashboard>Settings>Media settings.

  Just like dropping in a link from youtube, you can drop the link URL from a flickr photo page, making sure it is not “highlighted” as a link, save and the photo should appear in your post, linked back to its source on flickr.

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  dkadish · Member · Apr 4, 2011 at 10:17 pm

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  Thanks, justjennifer! That’s exactly what I was looking for. Didn’t know you could do that!