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1. TheBrandon
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hello everyone,

   I've recently begun experimenting with the Short Codes in WordPress.

   I'm an experienced PHP programmer but I'm having trouble getting WordPress to parse my codes.

   I am using the "Mystique" theme.

   I have modified the theme/mystique/functions.php to include:
   

   require_once('lib/settings.php');
   
   require_once('lib/shortcodes.php');
   
   require_once('lib/brandons_shortcodes.php');

   (Brandons_Shortcodes obviously being my test files)

   I have then made a brandons_shortcodes.php file inside the lib directory with this:

   <?php
   
   //Define the function (what you want the shortcode to do)
   function hello(){
   	return 'Hello World! I am a test shortcode! WOOT!';
   }
   
   //Add shortcode. The first value (hw) is how to call the short code, the 2nd value is the function it should execute.
   function add_shortcode('hw', 'hello');
   ?>

   Now whenever I make a new post with [hw] it doesn't do anything. It just prints "[hw]"

   What am I doing wrong?

2. TheBrandon
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I forgot to mention. This is for the site http://nwflaa.com

   Right now I have a "testing shortcodes" post on the front page:

   http://www.nwflaa.com/

3. TheBrandon
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Also, these are the plugins I am using:

   Akismet
   All in One SEO Pack
   Bad Behavior
   Calendar
   Exclude Pages from Navigation
   Google XML Sitemaps
   I Like This
   Local Analytics
   My Page Order
   NextGEN Gallery
   Scissors
   SexyBookmarks
   Viper's Video Quicktags
   WP-Cumulus

4. jennherasme
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I have the same problem! I installed the same on different servers, one is working the other one not.

   The shortcodes not working on the primary server.

   Did you find a solution?

5. ms_webcasa
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Did anyone find a solution? I'm having the exact same problem. I've worked with WP quite a while and never seen this happen.

6. remiturcotte
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Also, these are the plugins I am using:

   Akismet
   All in One SEO Pack
   Bad Behavior
   Calendar
   Exclude Pages from Navigation
   Google XML Sitemaps
   I Like This
   Local Analytics...

   Shortcodes seems to have a conflict with your other plugins... I've modified the plugins that doesnt work because of "shortcode". Instead i use a "add_filter" that looks like this: add_filter( "the_content", "my_content_replace_function" );

   IMO it's better even from a performance standpoint because the shortcode lib (wp-includes/shortcodes.php) also uses "add_filter" to render html.

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