# How to create new template tag

A template tag works much like a standard WordPress shortcode — but you must register it with W4 Post List through the `w4pl/get_shortcodes` filter. The example below adds two WooCommerce tags, `[product_price]` and `[product_short_description]`:

```php
function custom_product_shortcodes( $shortcodes ) {
    $shortcodes['product_price'] = array(
        'group'    => 'Post',
        'callback' => 'custom_wc_product_price',
        'desc'     => '<strong>'. __( 'Output', 'text-domain' ) .'</strong>: product price'
    );

    $shortcodes['product_short_description'] = array(
        'group'    => 'Post',
        'callback' => 'custom_wc_product_short_description',
        'desc'     => '<strong>'. __( 'Output', 'text-domain' ) .'</strong>: product short description'
    );

    return $shortcodes;
}
add_filter( 'w4pl/get_shortcodes', 'custom_product_shortcodes', 20 );

function custom_wc_product_price( $attrs, $content ) {
    $post_id = get_the_ID();
    $product = wc_get_product( $post_id );
    return $product->get_price();
}

function custom_wc_product_short_description( $attrs, $content ) {
    $post_id = get_the_ID();
    $product = wc_get_product( $post_id );
    return $product->get_short_description();
}
```

Register each tag with three keys:

- `group` — the group the tag appears under in the template editor.
- `callback` — the function that returns the tag’s output.
- `desc` — a short description shown beside the tag in the editor.

Once registered, you can use `[product_price]` and `[product_short_description]` inside any list template, just like the built-in tags.

![](https://w4dev.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/w4-post-list-custom-template-tag-usage.png)W4 post list custom tag used inside posts loop

Source: https://w4dev.com/docs/w4-post-list/how-to-create-new-template-tag/