Shortcodes Reference

Every shortcode Benecaster provides. Each name links to its reference page with the full attribute list and examples.

A shortcode that belongs to one show takes its show from show_id if you set one, then from the page it sits on (a show page, or an episode page’s show), then from the site’s only show. On a multi-show site, set show_id on any page that is not a show or episode page. [benecaster_account], [benecaster_user_badge], [benecaster_member_since] and [benecaster_listener_support] treat a missing show_id differently, on purpose — see Running Multiple Shows.

Base Styles

Ten shortcodes load a small stylesheet of their own when they appear on a page: [benecaster_player], [benecaster_episodes], [benecaster_latest_episode], [benecaster_pricing_table], [benecaster_episode_nav], [benecaster_related_episodes], [benecaster_episode_share], [benecaster_social_links], [benecaster_platform_links] and [benecaster_rss_link]. It makes them look tidy on any theme without imposing a design — and because every rule has zero specificity, your theme’s CSS always wins, with no !important needed. The episode page and the episode archive load it too when they play a video or an embed, so the video fits its column.

The icon styles draw a real icon for every platform: [benecaster_social_links] (icons are its default), [benecaster_platform_links style="icons"], [benecaster_episode_share style="icons"] and [benecaster_rss_link]‘s icon and icon_link styles. A custom social link you added yourself gets a chain-link icon.

To turn the stylesheet off, tune it, or swap in your own icons, see Template Overrides → Styling the Shortcodes.

Episodes

Show your episodes and show details on any page: players, episode lists and cards, navigation between episodes, search, sharing and listen-on links.

Shortcode	Description
`[benecaster_ai_search]`	Semantic natural-language search across episode titles, descriptions, show notes, and — when the Transcription add-on is installed — transcripts.
`[benecaster_episode_count]`	Displays the number of published episodes for a show.
`[benecaster_episode_description]`	Outputs an episode’s short RSS description — the same field that maps to `description` and `itunes:summary` in the episode’s RSS feed item. Renders nothing for visitors when the episode isn’t published.
`[benecaster_episode_link]`	Renders a styled inline link to another episode. Renders nothing for visitors when that episode isn’t published.
`[benecaster_episode_nav]`	Renders previous and next episode navigation links for the current (or specified) episode.
`[benecaster_episode_share]`	Renders social share buttons for an episode. Renders nothing for visitors when the episode isn’t published.
`[benecaster_episodes]`	Renders an episode list or grid for a show.
`[benecaster_explicit_badge]`	Shows the “Explicit” label for an episode, the same one Apple Podcasts and other apps display. Renders nothing for visitors when the episode isn’t published.
`[benecaster_latest_episode]`	Renders a configurable display block for the latest published episode of a show.
`[benecaster_platform_links]`	Renders “Listen on” platform badge links for a show — links to podcast platform listings (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, etc.).
`[benecaster_player]`	Embeds an episode audio or video player.
`[benecaster_related_episodes]`	Displays a list of related episodes based on the selected query strategy. Lists published episodes only, and renders nothing for visitors when its own episode isn’t published.
`[benecaster_search]`	Full-text keyword search form for episodes.
`[benecaster_show_description]`	Outputs the show’s short description or full description.
`[benecaster_social_links]`	Renders the show’s social media profile links.
`[benecaster_timestamp]`	Renders a clickable timecode link that moves its own episode’s player on the page to that point and plays it; with no player for that episode on the page, it stays a plain link.
`[benecaster_transcript]`	An episode’s interactive transcript anywhere on the site. Needs the Transcription Service add-on.

Feeds

Help listeners subscribe in their podcast app: a subscriber’s own private feed address, a QR code for it or for your signup page, and a link to your public RSS feed.

Shortcode	Description
`[benecaster_feed_url]`	Displays the current subscriber’s personal RSS feed URL.
`[benecaster_qr_code]`	Renders a QR code for a subscriber’s private feed URL (`type="feed"`, needs a Benecaster account — Launch and above) or a show’s public signup page (`type="signup"`, free on every plan including unlicensed WordPress.org installs).
`[benecaster_rss_link]`	Renders a link to a show’s public RSS feed.

Listener Support

Ask listeners for donations, through Stripe or a link to your external donation page, and thank the ones who give.

Shortcode	Description
`[benecaster_donor_wall]`	Renders a paginated, public thank-you wall of Listener Support donations for a show.
`[benecaster_listener_support]`	Renders a Listener Support prompt: a Stripe donation form or button, or a link to your external donation page.

Marketing

Site-wide text and links that do not belong to a show: your cookie notice and your own Benecaster referral link.

Shortcode	Description
`[benecaster_cookie_notice]`	Renders the GDPR cookie notice text set at Settings → GDPR / Privacy → Cookie Notice.
`Sign in to your Benecaster account to get your referral link and see your referral credit.`	Prints your own Benecaster referral link, for publishing anywhere on your site.

Subscribers

Sell your membership and show members what they have: subscribe and pricing displays, the subscriber account page, content gated by tier, follower signup, and recognition such as badges, tenure and supporter walls.

Shortcode	Description
`[benecaster_account]`	Renders the subscriber account dashboard.
`[benecaster_current_tier]`	Outputs the name or slug of the highest tier the currently logged-in subscriber holds on a given show. Renders nothing, not even its fallback, for a show that isn’t connected to a Benecaster license.
`[benecaster_erasure_request]`	Renders the form a subscriber, follower or donor uses to ask for their personal data to be erased.
`[benecaster_follower_signup]`	Renders an email signup form that lets listeners follow your show for free. Shows a marketing-consent checkbox only when an add-on asks for one.
`[benecaster_member_since]`	Outputs a subscriber’s membership tenure label or date for standalone placement in emails, page content, and theme templates.
`[benecaster_member_thanks]`	Displays a list of members to thank on-air.
`[benecaster_pricing_table]`	Renders a complete tier comparison table showing all tiers with their names and live prices, each price shown with its currency exactly as `[benecaster_subscribe]` shows it. On a membership-plugin show each membership level gets its own column, so a tier with a monthly and an annual level shows both, each named under the tier. Subscribe buttons link only when you set `cta_url_base`.
`[benecaster_subscribe]`	Renders a subscription call-to-action with tier options, prices and a button to sign up — on built-in membership or a membership plugin. Its checkout shows a marketing-consent checkbox only when an add-on asks for one.
`[benecaster_subscriber_count]`	Displays the current active subscriber count for a show.
`[benecaster_supporter_wall]`	Renders a public wall of opted-in subscribers as an avatar / wall name / badge-chips card grid. `order="tier"` puts the highest tier first, ranked by the tier’s position in the show’s tier list, with the longest-standing supporters first within each tier.
`[benecaster_tier_gate]`	Shows its content to subscribers holding a tier at or above the one you name, and the content after `[benecaster_else]` to everyone else.
`[benecaster_tier_name]`	Outputs the display name of a tier, pulled live from the active subscription bridge.
`[benecaster_tier_price]`	Outputs the current price for a membership tier, read live from your built-in membership or membership plugin.
`[benecaster_user_badge]`	Renders a user’s badge chips (tier-auto grants + manual grants) inline.

Blocks and Elementor Widgets

With the free Blocks & Widgets Library, these shortcodes are also blocks in the block editor and widgets in Elementor, with point-and-click settings. A block saves the shortcode it stands for, so the shortcode keeps working if the add-on is removed. The shortcodes themselves accept every attribute below — the right-hand column is only what the block leaves out.

Shortcode	Block	The block leaves out
`[benecaster_player]`	Episode Player	—
`[benecaster_latest_episode]`	Episode Card	Sections are fixed: artwork, title and description
`[benecaster_subscribe]`	Subscribe CTA	—
`[benecaster_feed_url]`	RSS Feed URL Display	—
`[benecaster_episodes]`	Latest Episodes	—
`[benecaster_subscriber_count]`	Subscriber Count	—
`[benecaster_subscriber_count]` + `[benecaster_episode_count]`	Show Stats	`tier` on either count
`[benecaster_pricing_table]`	Pricing Table	—
`[benecaster_listener_support]`	Listener Support	The link-mode styles as explicit choices (the default follows your settings)
`[benecaster_donor_wall]`	Donor Wall	—
`[benecaster_qr_code]`	QR Code	—
`[benecaster_episode_nav]`	Episode Navigation	—
`[benecaster_related_episodes]`	Related Episodes	—
`[benecaster_episode_share]`	Episode Share	—
`[benecaster_social_links]`	Social Links	—
`[benecaster_platform_links]`	Platform Links	—
`[benecaster_rss_link]`	RSS Link	—
`[benecaster_transcript]`	Transcription (needs the Transcription Service add-on)	—

See Available Blocks for every block’s settings.

Name	Set by	What it does	Kept for
`wordpress_logged_in_*`	Benecaster	Keeps you signed in to your Benecaster account.	Until you sign out, or two weeks with "Remember Me".
`wordpress_sec_*`	Benecaster	Secures your signed-in session over HTTPS.	Until you sign out, or two weeks with "Remember Me".
`wp-settings-*`	Benecaster	Remembers your admin screen preferences.	One year.
`benecaster_ls_purchase_sign_in`	Benecaster	Signs you in to your new account on the page you bought from, once your purchase has gone through.	Thirty minutes, or until you are signed in.
`benecaster_ls_cookie_consent`	Benecaster	Remembers the choice you make on this banner, so we do not ask again.	One year.

Name	Set by	What it does	Kept for
`__stripe_mid`	Stripe	Lets Stripe recognise the device across payment attempts to detect card fraud.	One year.
`__stripe_sid`	Stripe	The same fraud check, for the current visit only.	Thirty minutes.