Title: Bug: Two consecutive shortcodes
Last modified: May 7, 2019

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# Bug: Two consecutive shortcodes

 *  Resolved [Juha Metsäkallas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juhametsakallas/)
 * (@juhametsakallas)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-two-consecutive-shortcodes/)
 * Steps to reproduce:
    1. Create a shortcode named `alpha` with some text content. e.g. text “alpha”.
    2. Create a shortcode named `beta` with some enclosed content, e.g. “$$enclosed_content
       $$”.
    3. Put onto a page or a post:
    4.     ```
           [sc name="alpha"]
           [sc name="beta"]gamma[/sc]
           ```
       
 * Result: The enclosed content fails to get displayed.
 * Workaround: Add an extra `[/sc]`:
 *     ```
       [sc name="alpha"][/sc]
       [sc name="beta"]gamma[/sc]
       ```
   
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by [Juha Metsäkallas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juhametsakallas/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by [Juha Metsäkallas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juhametsakallas/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by [Juha Metsäkallas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juhametsakallas/).

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 * Last reply from: [Juha Metsäkallas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juhametsakallas/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bug-two-consecutive-shortcodes/)
 * Status: resolved