Title: PLEASE READ – Shortcoder v5
Last modified: January 8, 2020

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# PLEASE READ – Shortcoder v5

 *  Plugin Author [vaakash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaakash/)
 * (@vaakash)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-read-shortcoder-v5/)
 * Hi Everyone !
 * Thanks for using Shortcoder plugin.
 * As some users have reported, there is a corner case issue during v4.x to v5.x
   plugin upgrade.
 * The effects of the issue will be `script` and `style` tags will be stripped during
   the migration.
 * **BUG FINDINGS:**
 * > This can happen when in any case when v5.x was first installed if any user 
   > example with “author” or below role had logged in first to the site, then migration
   > stripped the script and style tags as the user does not have posting content
   > with script and style tags.
 * Because of this issue, since script/style tags were removed the content inside
   them were printed plainly.
 * **FIX IN V5.0.4:**
 * > Some users have reverted back to v4.6 temporarily because of above issue. Now
   > this issue is handled in v5.0.4 and correct content will be now set for the
   > shortcodes without any script/style tags being stripped. Any manual changes
   > made to shortcode content after v5.x be overwritten with content of v4.x
 * **Since this issue is now handled, I kindly request users to try this version
   v5.0.4 once and confirm if it fixes your issues.**
 * DO WE REALLY NEED V5 ?
 * > Yes, v5 is inevitable as there is a very basic issue with the way shortcodes
   > are saved in old v4.x. There is a restriction in how many shortcodes can be
   > created and the length of the shortcode content. This is a big issue fixed 
   > in v5.0. Also planning to introduce few more new features in the future.
 * Sorry for the inconvenience caused and thanks to users who reported the issue
   in quickly.
 * Cheers !
 * Thanks,
    Aakash

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 *  [soidog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soidog/)
 * (@soidog)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-read-shortcoder-v5/#post-12313121)
 * Hi [@vaakash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaakash/),
 * Thank you for releasing the fix so quickly. Even my nested shortcodes with JavaScript
   and custom parameters are working with version 5.0.4.
 *  Plugin Author [vaakash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaakash/)
 * (@vaakash)
 * [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-read-shortcoder-v5/#post-12313136)
 * [@soidog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/soidog/),
 * Thank you !

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-read-shortcoder-v5/#post-12313136)
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