Title: Error: Failed to execute 'insertBefore' on 'Node'
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Error: Failed to execute 'insertBefore' on 'Node'

 *  [Asitha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asitha/)
 * (@asitha)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-failed-to-execute-insertbefore-on-node/)
 * After the latest update, I’m getting the following error:
 * Uncaught NotFoundError: Failed to execute ‘insertBefore’ on ‘Node’: The node 
   before which the new node is to be inserted is not a child of this node.
 * I’m using shortcodes to wrap the code.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/syntaxhighlighter/)

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 *  [llvasconcellos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llvasconcellos/)
 * (@llvasconcellos)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-failed-to-execute-insertbefore-on-node/#post-5743692)
 * I’m having the same problem right now. Did you manage to solve it?
 *  Thread Starter [Asitha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/asitha/)
 * (@asitha)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-failed-to-execute-insertbefore-on-node/#post-5743693)
 * Unfortunately because I did not get a response, I moved on to another plugin 
   called Crayon Syntax Highlighter
 *  [llvasconcellos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llvasconcellos/)
 * (@llvasconcellos)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-failed-to-execute-insertbefore-on-node/#post-5743694)
 * I just fixed it. I had php display errors enabled on php.ini.
    After disabling
   it worked fine.

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 * Last reply from: [llvasconcellos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llvasconcellos/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-failed-to-execute-insertbefore-on-node/#post-5743694)
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