Title: Create shortcode block?
Last modified: December 26, 2024

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# Create shortcode block?

 *  Resolved [Rob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robotter/)
 * (@robotter)
 * [1 year, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-shortcode-block/)
 * Hi, is it possible to create a block that represents a short code?
 * I tried to create just a text, but as it is only text within a DIV (or similar),
   it is not recognized as short code. What can I do?

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 *  Plugin Author [Helmut Wandl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ehtmlu/)
 * (@ehtmlu)
 * [1 year, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-shortcode-block/#post-18216879)
 * Hi Rob,
 * thanks for your question.
 * At first I thought you wanted to create a block and then insert it somewhere 
   with a shortcode, but you mean the other way around, right? You want to create
   a block that contains a shortcode so that in the block editor you can just insert
   the block instead of the shortcode, right?
 * Either would be an interesting feature.
 * The former you could achieve yourself with some code, but the latter is unfortunately
   not possible at the moment. I have put both on my list, but don’t know when I
   can implement them.
 * I’m sorry that I don’t have a solution for your specific requirements at the 
   moment.
 *  Thread Starter [Rob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robotter/)
 * (@robotter)
 * [1 year, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-shortcode-block/#post-18217090)
 * Hi Helmut,
   thanks for your fast reply! You are right, I try to create a block
   that represents a short code (as I have some that are not a “short” codes…) –
   sorry if my question was ambiguous.
 * It would be great to have this feature in your plugin but I understand that this
   may take a while or possibly cannot be achieved – never mind.
 * Kind regards,
   Rob

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