Shortcode for pulling specific Post Title outside loop when ID is passed in

I want to be able to create a shortcode that will return the post title when I pass in the ID of the post. I.E. [myshortcode_title ID=1234]

I have a shortcode that pulls the post title from the current post:

function myshortcode_title( ){
   return get_the_title();
}
add_shortcode( 'page_title', 'myshortcode_title' );

I've seen shortcodes that can pass in attributes and return a result outside the loop, but I'm still new at WP shortcodes.

I want to be able to create a shortcode that will return the post title when I pass in the ID of the post. I.E. [myshortcode_title ID=1234]

I have a shortcode that pulls the post title from the current post:

function myshortcode_title( ){
   return get_the_title();
}
add_shortcode( 'page_title', 'myshortcode_title' );

I've seen shortcodes that can pass in attributes and return a result outside the loop, but I'm still new at WP shortcodes.

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Codex documentation for shortcodes has a section on Handling Attributes.

In a nutshell attributes will get passed on to your callback and you need to implement handling them with your code within it:

function my_shortcode_handler( $atts, $content = null ) {
    $a = shortcode_atts( array(
        'attr_1' => 'attribute 1 default',
        'attr_2' => 'attribute 2 default',
        // ...etc
    ), $atts );
}

This is what I used to get the result I want which is post title by passing in post ID:

// Get Post Title outside of loop
// USE: [get-post-details post="123"]

function title_by_id($atts) {
    $atts = shortcode_atts( array(
        'post' => 0,
    ), $atts, 'title-from-id' );   
    $id = $atts['post'];               
    $data = get_the_title($id);        
    return $data;                      
}
add_shortcode( 'title-from-id', 'title_by_id' );