Title: Positioning Broken
Last modified: February 18, 2018

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# Positioning Broken

 *  [evetsreklaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evetsreklaw/)
 * (@evetsreklaw)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/positioning-broken/)
 * Not sure if it is a plugin or theme (Avada) update or the latest update to WP(
   4.9.4), but the positioning setting is no longer working. When set to manual 
   it shows up above the content, when set to above or below, it shows up twice (
   two above or above and below). I am trying to determine where the conflict is
   and was wondering what function, css, or js handles the positioning?

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 *  Thread Starter [evetsreklaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evetsreklaw/)
 * (@evetsreklaw)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/positioning-broken/#post-9987000)
 * After additional testing (removed all plugins), this appears to be directly related
   to PHP 7.1+. Any plans to fix this?
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by [evetsreklaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evetsreklaw/).
      Reason: Additional PHP testing
 *  [Mikko Saari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msaari/)
 * (@msaari)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/positioning-broken/#post-9992444)
 * It’s a simple programming error, and here’s the fix: in the file includes/shortcodes.
   php, add this line
 * `if ( ! is_array( $args ) ) $args = array();`
 * This goes on line 65, before these lines:
 *     ```
       // we have to force return in shortcodes
       $args['echo'] = 0;
       ```
   
 * That should fix the problem. Hopefully the plugin developers will include this
   fix in the next version.
 *  Thread Starter [evetsreklaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evetsreklaw/)
 * (@evetsreklaw)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/positioning-broken/#post-9993519)
 * Mikko,
 * Thank you very much. Worked like a charm.
 * Steve

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 * Last reply from: [evetsreklaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evetsreklaw/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/positioning-broken/#post-9993519)
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