WP-Mix

This example builds from the conditional do_shortcode technique to evaluate shortcodes during Ajax requests.

The following example illustrates use of get_shortcode_regex() to check if Ajax-loaded content includes the target shortcode, [ses_pro]. If it exists, we parse the shortcode attributes for later use in our script.

if (defined('DOING_AJAX') && DOING_AJAX) {
	if (isset($_REQUEST['input'])) parse_str($_REQUEST['input'], $input);
	if (isset($input['ses-postid']) && is_numeric($input['ses-postid'])) $post_ID = sanitize_text_field($input['ses-postid']);
	$the_post = get_post($post_ID);
	$content = $the_post->post_content;
	$pattern = get_shortcode_regex();
	preg_match('/'. $pattern .'/s', $content, $matches);
	if (is_array($matches) && isset($matches[0])) $atts = shortcode_parse_atts(str_replace('[ses_pro', '', str_replace(']', '', $matches[0])));
}

Here we check if WordPress is DOING_AJAX before using shortcode_parse_atts() to get an array of all shortcode attributes and their associated values. This is another snippet from my plugin, SES Pro (Simple Email Signups).

References

• PHP preg_match()
• WP Codex: get_shortcode_regex()
• WP Codex: shortcode_parse_atts()