[Resolved] Including File Size

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[donaldM-2]

I have this page on my site. hidden link

I made a CPT called Files and then I have categories so I can separate them. I have the files showing and it all works great. Is there a way to pull in the file size automatically and display it on the front end so the person downloading knows how big it is? preferably in MB.

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Well - there is no native feature available to display the file size but you can create a custom shortcode to display the size of PDF file.

1) Create a custom shortcode [display-pdf-size], add below codes into your theme file functions.php:

add_shortcode('display-pdf-size', function($atts){
   global $post;
    $atts = shortcode_atts( array(
        'pdf_url' =>'' ,
        'meta_name' => 'size',
    ), $atts );
     
    $res = '';
    $file = get_attached_file( $atts['pdf_url'] );
     
    switch($atts['meta_name']){
          case 'size':
            $res = size_format(filesize( $file ));
            break;
    }
    return $res;
});

2) Use the custom shortcode as given under:

 [display-pdf-size meta_name="size" pdf_url="pass-here-PDF-URL"]

[donaldM-2]

So I inserted the shortcode from step two, and add the field like so:

[display-pdf-size meta_name="size" pdf_url="[types field='document' output='raw'][/types]"]

Then add the step 1 code to the functions file. Do I need to register the shortcode somewhere? Im not seeing the size on the page.

[Minesh]

Well - I do not think you need to register this shortcode anywhere.

Can I have access details so I can check what's going wrong there?

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[Minesh]

I've adjust the code as given under:

add_shortcode('display-pdf-size', function($atts){
   global $post;
    $atts = shortcode_atts( array(
        'pdf_url' =>'' ,
        'meta_name' => 'size',
    ), $atts );
      
    $res = '';
   
   $attachment_id = attachment_url_to_postid($atts['pdf_url']);
   
    $file = get_attached_file($attachment_id);
      
    switch($atts['meta_name']){
          case 'size':
            $res = size_format(filesize( $file ));
            break;
    }
    return $res;
});

In addition to that, I've removed the above code from your functions.php file and instead I've added to Toolset's Custom Code section.
=> hidden link

More info:
=> https://toolset.com/documentation/adding-custom-code/using-toolset-to-add-custom-code/

[donaldM-2]

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!