Display content for a period of time with a shortcode

NOTE: These code snippets are for use with Genesis themes and should be copy and pasted into your themes functions.php file unless stated otherwise.

Here is a function that adds a shortcode called expire that can add a value to with date and time when content is to be hidden.

Put this shortcode in your editor: [expires hide=”2012-07-18 20:00:00″] Your content here [/expires]

This content will be hidden on the date after 20:00.

Thank you to Pontus Abrahamsson for supplying this solution on Stack Exchange forum – http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/58897/how-to-display-section-for-certain-time

//* http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/58897/how-to-display-section-for-certain-time
function pa_hideafter_shortcode( $args = array(), $content = '' ) {
    extract( shortcode_atts(
        array(
            'hide' => 'tomorrow',
        ),
        $args
    ));
    if ( strtotime( $hide ) > time() ) {
        return $content;
    }
    return '';
}

add_shortcode('expires', 'pa_hideafter_shortcode');

//* http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/58897/how-to-display-section-for-certain-time

function pa_hideafter_shortcode( $args = array(), $content = '' ) {

extract( shortcode_atts(

array(

'hide' => 'tomorrow',

$args

));

if ( strtotime( $hide ) > time() ) {

return $content;

}

return '';

}

add_shortcode('expires', 'pa_hideafter_shortcode');

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