Title: Filter ID and shortcode issue
Last modified: August 31, 2026

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# Filter ID and shortcode issue

 *  [ameenfourthd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameenfourthd/)
 * (@ameenfourthd)
 * [5 days, 20 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/id-and-short-code-issue/)
 * Hey 
   The issue is on every edit and load, it is is changing it’s Filter ID in
   additional option which causing short-codes to change its ID, it is very confusion
   and sometime short-code is not working and sometime it is working. Could you 
   check is it a issue or provide details on how to use that?
    -  This topic was modified 5 days, 20 hours ago by [ameenfourthd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameenfourthd/).

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 *  Plugin Support [Dara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dara4/)
 * (@dara4)
 * [5 days, 19 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/id-and-short-code-issue/#post-19007525)
 * Hi ameenfourthd (@ameenfourthd),
 * I think I might know why this is happening. The Filter ID can change when a widget
   is copied or duplicated in Elementor, and it is easy to then delete the original
   without realizing the shortcode was linked to it. I’ve actually done this myself
   a couple of times.
 * The shortcode is based on the widget ID assigned by Elementor, which is also 
   used internally by Elementor for its CSS.
 * If you can give me the steps to reproduce the ID changing unexpectedly, I can
   check whether there is something else going on.
 * Please let me know if you have additional details or if there’s anything else.
 * Dara

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 * [id](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/id/)
 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)

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 * Last reply from: [Dara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dara4/)
 * Last activity: [5 days, 19 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/id-and-short-code-issue/#post-19007525)
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