Using a Function Call

If you wish to code a direct PHP call to the plugin, you can do. The function is named readme_parser and accepts 2 parameters. The first is an array of all the options, the same as the shortcode. The second parameter is the README name or filename.

For example...

echo readme_parser( array( 'exclude' => 'meta,upgrade notice,screenshots,support,changelog,links,installation,licence', 'ignore' => 'For help with this plugin,,for more information and advanced options ' ), 'YouTube Embed' );

This may be of particular use to plugin developers as they can then display the README for their plugins within their administration screens.

== Displaying the plugin banner ==

Some plugins have banners assigned to them. The shortcode [readme_banner] can be used to output them (responsively too). Between the opening and closing shortcode you must specify a plugin name (a URL can't be used) and that's it. For example...

[readme_banner]YouTube Embed[/readme_banner]

If no banner image exists then nothing will be output.