# Shortcode

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Insert additional custom elements with a WordPress shortcode.

- **Name:** `core/shortcode`
- **Category:** [widgets](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/core-blocks/core-blocks-widgets/)
- **API Version:** [3](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-api-versions/)
- **Block Type:** [Hybrid](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/) (static save + server enhancements)

## Attributes

_Defined via the [`attributes`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/) property in block.json._

| Attribute | [Type](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#type-validation) | [Default](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#default-value) | Description |
|-----------|------|---------|-------------|
| `text` | `string` | — | [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#value-source): `raw`. [Role](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-attributes/#role): `content` |

## Supports

_Defined via the [`supports`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/) property in block.json._

- [`className`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#classname): `false`
- [`customClassName`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#customclassname): `false`
- [`html`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#html): `false`
- `customCSS`: `false`
- [`visibility`](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-supports/#visibility): `false`

## Block Markup

This is a [**hybrid block**](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/getting-started/fundamentals/static-dynamic-rendering/). It saves static markup that the server may enhance during rendering.

```html
<!-- wp:core/shortcode -->
[gallery ids="238,338"]
<!-- /wp:core/shortcode -->
```

## Source

- [block.json](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/shortcode/block.json) ([reference](https://developer.wordpress.org/block-editor/reference-guides/block-api/block-metadata/))
- [Source directory](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/tree/trunk/packages/block-library/src/shortcode/) — browse `edit.js`, `save.js`, `index.php`, and more.

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