Shortcode to include images from Screenshot Machine in your content.
SSM Shortcode Required Attributes:
key="{customer API key}"
url="{webpage url}"
You can find the {customer API key} in your
Screenshot Machine dashboard.
The {webpage url} is the web page URL you want to capture in the screenshot.
SSM Shortcode Optional Attributes:
dimension="{width x height}"
(default is 120x90)
device="{desktop|phone|tablet}"
(default is desktop)
format="{jpg|png|gif}"
(default is jpg)
days="{cache expiration}"
(default is 14)
wait="{ms}"
(default is 200)
zoom="{percentage}"
(default is 100)
click="{css selector}"
(example: .button-close)
hide="{css selectors}"
(example: .add-banner1,.add-banner2)
cookies="{semicolon list}"
(example: name1=value1;name2=value2)
language="{locale}"
(example: en-US)
agent="{user agent}"
select="{css selector}"
(example: table.table:nth-child(3) > tbody:nth-child(2) > tr:nth-child(15))
crop="{x,y,width,height}"
(example: 100,0,800,300)
title="{title}"
link="{yes|no}"
(default is yes)
target="{name}"
(default is _blank)
refresh="{yes|no}"
(default is yes)
SSM Shortcode Attribute Details:
The dimension="{width x height}" attribute examples:
dimension="320x240"
- screenshot size 320x240 pixels.
dimension="800x600"
- screenshot size 800x600 pixels.
dimension="1024x768"
- screenshot size 1024x768 pixels.
dimension="1920x1080"
- screenshot size 1920x1080 pixels.
dimension="1024xfull"
- full page screenshot with width equals to 1024 pixels (can be pretty long).
The days="{cache expiration}" attribute value is a number of days that a screenshot should be used before a new one is created (default is 14).
The wait="{ms}" attribute value is a number of milliseconds to wait before capturing the screenshot (default is 200).
The click="{css selector}", hide="{css selectors}", and select="{css selector}" attribute values are CSS class and/or id selectors. For example:
click=".button-close"
- click this CSS class container before taking a screenshot.
hide=".add-banner1,.add-banner2"
- hide this CSS class container before taking a screenshot.
select="table.table:nth-child(3) > tbody:nth-child(2) > tr:nth-child(15)"
- take a screenshot only of this CSS container.
The title="{title}" attribute value is a text string for the image alt and anchor title attributes.
The link="{yes|no}" attribute value will determine if the image is linked to the web page URL or not.
The target="{name}" attribute opens the link in that target (default is "_blank"). An empty string, "_self", "_top", "_parent", or an HTML frame are other possible values.
The refresh="{yes|no}" attribute value includes javascript to retry the image every second until it's available (for a maximum of 10 seconds).
SSM Shortcode Example:
[ssm key="abc123" url="
https://google.com/" dimension="800x600"]
Version Numbering
Version components:
{major}.{minor}.{bugfix}[-{stage}.{level}]
- {major} = Major structural code changes and/or incompatible API changes (ie. breaking changes).
- {minor} = New functionality was added or improved in a backwards-compatible manner.
- {bugfix} = Backwards-compatible bug fixes or small improvements.
- {stage}.{level} = Pre-production release: dev < a (alpha) < b (beta) < rc (release candidate).
Repositories
Changelog / Release Notes
Version 3.0.0 (2025/01/17)
- New Features
- None.
- Improvements
- None.
- Bugfixes
- None.
- Developer Notes
- None.
- Requires At Least
- PHP v7.4.33.
- WordPress v5.9.
Version 2.3.0 (2021/06/28)
- New Features
- None.
- Improvements
- Updated the API URL from http to https.
- Bugfixes
- None.
- Developer Notes
- None.
- Requires At Least
- PHP v7.4.33.
- WordPress v5.9.