Recently it was asked if there was an easy way to use a WordPress shortcode to easily hide or show wrapped content on mobile devices.  While there are numerous plugins and even a few themes that offer this functionality out of the box, there can be issues when you change a plugin or theme.  So I put together some basic code that can be placed in either the active theme’s functions.php file or placed in a plugin you may use on your WordPress website.

The two pieces of code below will enable two shortcodes to be used on your WordPress sites:

[hide_from_mobile]Content you want hidden from mobile browsers.[/hide_from_mobile]

&

[show_if_mobile]This content will only show on mobile browsers.[/show_if_mobile]

The two pieces of code are as follows:

function wps_hide_from_mobile_shortcode( $atts, $content = '' ){
  if ( wp_is_mobile() === true ) {
    $content = '';
  }
  return $content;
}
add_shortcode( 'hide_from_mobile', 'wps_hide_from_mobile_shortcode' );

and

function wps_show_if_mobile_shortcode( $atts, $content = '' ){
  if ( ! wp_is_mobile() === true ) {
    $content = '';
  }
  return $content;
}
add_shortcode( 'show_if_mobile', 'wps_show_if_mobile_shortcode' );