MEDIAFY WordPress Plugin 1.5 Update: New Shortcodes for practical uses

Mediafy 1.5 introduces a major expansion to the plugin’s capabilities by adding a complete set of shortcodes designed to display people, relationships, metadata and trailer directly within any Movie or Series post. These additions build on Mediafy’s core features, including its custom post types for Movies and Series, TMDB integration, and advanced taxonomies for actors, directors, genres and more.

The new shortcodes give site owners more flexibility to structure movie and series content when uses builders like Blocks or Elementor, improve internal linking, and enhance user experience with dynamic, automatically updated data.

First, deactivate the default output

Go to Medify Settings and uncheck “Show Details Card”

After save, go to any movie or series with the imported data and place the new shortcodes on the content box.

People Grid Shortcodes

[mediafy_people_grid taxonomy="actor"]

This shortcode displays a grid of actors pulled from Mediafy’s dedicated Actor taxonomy. Each actor includes their term link with profile image, name and character played.

Use cases include:

• Creating cast section for individual movies or series
• Enhancing SEO with structured internal linking

[mediafy_people_grid taxonomy="director"]

This shortcode works the same way as the actor grid but uses the Director taxonomy. It displays directors with their term link with profile image and name.
Ideal for:

• Director-focused landing pages
• Filmography listings

Relationship Shortcodes

[mediafy_relationship_media]

This shortcode displays media-to-media relationships, using the “Related Media” fields available in Mediafy. It allows you to show connected movies or series such as sequels, prequels, remakes or shared-universe titles.

Practical applications:

• Highlighting related titles to increase user retention
• Creating franchise or saga references
• Improving content depth for SEO

[mediafy_relationship]

This shortcode displays post-to-post relationships using Mediafy’s “Related Posts” fields. It is useful for connecting editorial content, reviews, news articles or blog posts to specific movies or series.

Examples:

• Linking reviews to the corresponding movie
• Connecting analysis articles to relevant titles
• Building topic clusters for SEO

Read more about relationships in Mediafy Plugin here

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Data and Trailer Shortcodes

[mediafy_data]

This shortcode outputs key metadata for a movie or series, including overview, release date, runtime, ratings and more. All data is sourced from TMDB and stored in Mediafy’s custom fields.

Best uses:

• Information section
• Sidebar widget
• Quick‑reference data blocks

[mediafy_trailer]

This shortcode embeds the official trailer for the movie or series, using the video information imported from TMDB. It eliminates the need for manual iframe embeds and ensures the trailer stays synced with TMDB data.

Benefits:

• Adds engagement video content
• Improves user experience
• Reduces manual maintenance

Why Mediafy 1.5 Matters

The addition of these shortcodes makes Mediafy significantly more flexible and powerful for building movie and series websites. Combined with its TMDB integration, custom post types, taxonomies and metadata system, Mediafy 1.5 enables site owners to create richer layouts, improve navigation, and deliver more complete information to users. Don’t forget to use your original License Key to access the update quickly.

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