Title: Hide slug when shortcode is deactivated? Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Hide slug when shortcode is deactivated? * Resolved [It’s Thomas!](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itsthomas/) * (@itsthomas) * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-slug-when-shortcode-is-deactivated/) * Hi there, * I have been using the my shortcodes – plugin for some time now and it has made wordpress-life already easier for me. Still, I wonder if it’s possible to have the slug hidden when the depending shortcode is deactivated. For example: I have a shortcode with the slug [season] and the html content “2013”. Now when I put [season] in one of my wordpress articles, it shows as “2013” as long as the shortcode is activated. But when it’s deactivated, it shows the slug [season], which doesn’t look very good 😉 . Is there a way to have the slug hidden while the shortcode is deacitvated? * Thanks so much in advance! * Thomas * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/my-shortcodes/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/my-shortcodes/) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Author [David Cramer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desertsnowman/) * (@desertsnowman) * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-slug-when-shortcode-is-deactivated/#post-4044083) * Well that is the thing with WordPress in general. * You could just make a secondary shortcode with the same slug but no template then alternate their state. * Thread Starter [It’s Thomas!](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itsthomas/) * (@itsthomas) * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-slug-when-shortcode-is-deactivated/#post-4044102) * Hi David, * thanks for your fast response and your suggestion. I tried it but it didn’t work: * I created a second shortcode with the same slug and a different html code, hoping that when I switch off the first shortcode and activate the second, then the second html would also be displayed. But it wasn’t – it kept displaying the html from the first shortcode, even if the first one was deactivated and the second was activated. * To be sure, I also tried it exactly as you said: The second shortcode without any html / template, but it still kept displaying the html of the first shortcode… * Hmmm – Could I have done something wrong? * Thread Starter [It’s Thomas!](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itsthomas/) * (@itsthomas) * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-slug-when-shortcode-is-deactivated/#post-4044180) * David, * do you think you could implement this feature in your plugin: being able to switch between two (or more) shortcodes with the same slug but different contents? * That would be awesome! * Thanks so much Thomas * Plugin Author [David Cramer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desertsnowman/) * (@desertsnowman) * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-slug-when-shortcode-is-deactivated/#post-4044195) * Hi Thomas, I did some testing and found that it would always use the code from the first. I’ll make a fix for it asap. * Plugin Author [David Cramer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desertsnowman/) * (@desertsnowman) * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-slug-when-shortcode-is-deactivated/#post-4044196) * I have just pushed an update that will fix this. now you can alternate between two of the same slug elements and it will only use the active one. * Thread Starter [It’s Thomas!](https://wordpress.org/support/users/itsthomas/) * (@itsthomas) * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-slug-when-shortcode-is-deactivated/#post-4044197) * Hi David, * thanks so much for releasing an update to fix this issue! * One last question before I mark this thread as solved (and give your plugin a 5 star rating 😉 ): * This alternating is also possible with more than two elements with the same slug, I assume? Theoretically, with limitless elements with the same slug – is it not? * Plugin Author [David Cramer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/desertsnowman/) * (@desertsnowman) * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hide-slug-when-shortcode-is-deactivated/#post-4044224) * I’m so sorry I missed this. You can theoretically have many elements with the same slug, but only 1 activated at a time. 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