Title: [Plugin: RSSImport] Shortcode Formatting
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: RSSImport] Shortcode Formatting

 *  [RevelationTravis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/revelationtravis/)
 * (@revelationtravis)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-rssimport-shortcode-formatting/)
 * The formatting for the shortcode seems to be rather picky. If I add in commas
   to separate the variables, it reverts to an RSS feed in German. Same goes for
   if I put each variable on a new line. Even certain variables seem to trigger 
   the bug. The shortcode is basically very limited in it’s functionality.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rss-import/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rss-import/)

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 *  Thread Starter [RevelationTravis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/revelationtravis/)
 * (@revelationtravis)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-rssimport-shortcode-formatting/#post-2005066)
 * Okay, I found a fix for my issue – do not use quotes and do not use commas. The
   whole shortcode must still be on one line, it cannot be separated into multiple
   lines. It’s a fix for the most part and the page for this plugin should be updated
   to reflect the fact that quotes and commas should not be used. A note about the
   necessity of it all being on a single line should probably also be made.
 *  [pokinwilly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pokinwilly/)
 * (@pokinwilly)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-rssimport-shortcode-formatting/#post-2005366)
 * Thanks, I had the same issue.
 * The plugin description on wordpress.org is thus wrong, comma should not be used
   to isolate various parameters. However, quotes are ok on my side.
 *  [Mark Costlow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swcp/)
 * (@swcp)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-rssimport-shortcode-formatting/#post-2005437)
 * I had the same issue, with the current version (4.4.1.0). Same solution: don’t
   use commas. Quotes did not tickle the bug for me.
 * However, I’m still having a problem with the shortcode — I can’t get before_date
   to work. I tried this:
 * [RSSImport display=”5″ feedurl=”[http://members.swcp.com/webdev/feed/rss2&#8243](http://members.swcp.com/webdev/feed/rss2&#8243);
   date=”1″ before_date=”<small>”]
 * On the page, it displays the text “<small>” instead of leaving the tag there 
   to have the intended effect. (I.e. the HTML source contains the escaped tag with
   ampersands)
 * I didn’t find any notes about needing to escape tags. I tried several things 
   to do that, but failed. Any ideas?
 * Thanks
 *  [cadfile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cadfile/)
 * (@cadfile)
 * [14 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-rssimport-shortcode-formatting/#post-2005452)
 * I was using another plugin where I needed to use the `<small>` tag and it kept
   getting stripped out.
 * I believe that WordPress’s KSES function won’t allow the `<small>` tag.
 * I had to use a selector – in my case the a anchor and change that through CSS
 *  [novaclic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/novaclic/)
 * (@novaclic)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-rssimport-shortcode-formatting/#post-2005469)
 * To my knowledge, the issue of having `<small>` replaced by `<small>` and thus
   making it “printed” instead of “interpreted” is linked to the WYSIWYG editor:
   as long as you edit/save in “HMTL” view, the formating is kept.
 * I’m suggesting to “de-html_convert” all parameters in shortcode mode. However,
   there may be some side-effects… Any opinion?

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