Title: BUG REPORT – Plugin not displaying when using Slug for ID
Last modified: September 20, 2016

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# BUG REPORT – Plugin not displaying when using Slug for ID

 *  [bluebearmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluebearmedia/)
 * (@bluebearmedia)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-displaying-when-using-slug-for-id/)
 * Not sure at what point this changed in the last month or so, but all of a sudden,
   text blocks cannot be referenced using the slug as id= in the call…. they will
   only be included when using the post ID….
 * Example:
 * [text-blocks id=”10925″]_ – this call will work_
    [text-blocks id=”textblock-
   responsive-table-js”]_ – but this one using the slug value will not!_
 * Any idea what has changed?
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by [bluebearmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluebearmedia/).

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 *  Thread Starter [bluebearmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluebearmedia/)
 * (@bluebearmedia)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-displaying-when-using-slug-for-id/#post-8231796)
 * Nothing?
 *  Thread Starter [bluebearmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluebearmedia/)
 * (@bluebearmedia)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-displaying-when-using-slug-for-id/#post-8292265)
 * Checking in….
 *  Plugin Author [Hal Gatewood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/halgatewood/)
 * (@halgatewood)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-displaying-when-using-slug-for-id/#post-8335308)
 * I’ll try to look into it soon. Please understand that many of the plugins on 
   wordpress.org are run by volunteers that are volunteering their time.
 * Thanks,
    Hal
 *  Thread Starter [bluebearmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluebearmedia/)
 * (@bluebearmedia)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-displaying-when-using-slug-for-id/#post-8340181)
 * I totally get that – but at least an acknowledgement of the BUG Report goes a
   long way!
 *  Plugin Author [Hal Gatewood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/halgatewood/)
 * (@halgatewood)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-displaying-when-using-slug-for-id/#post-8340201)
 * I just did a test on my end and it seems to be working fine. I also looked at
   the code used to switch from slug to id and it doesn’t appear anything has changed
   with the function in WordPress.
 * Perhaps the slug has changed on the Text Block?
 *  [KineticPulse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kineticpulse/)
 * (@kineticpulse)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-displaying-when-using-slug-for-id/#post-8432766)
 * I get the same problem. WP 4.6.2
 * echo show_text_block(‘273’, true) -> this works
    echo show_text_block(‘footer-
   column’, true) -> this doesn’t echo anything
 *  Thread Starter [bluebearmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluebearmedia/)
 * (@bluebearmedia)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-displaying-when-using-slug-for-id/#post-8841563)
 * Note this still is an outstanding issue. Same as reported by KineticPulse.
 * Using [text-blocks id=”9844″] displays the text-block properly,
    but using the
   slug name, as in : [text-blocks id=”textblock-slugname”] does NOT display the
   text-block (almost as if it can’t find it)…

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 * Last reply from: [bluebearmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bluebearmedia/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-displaying-when-using-slug-for-id/#post-8841563)
 * Status: not resolved