Title: Reordering elements in shortcode-processing.php
Last modified: April 13, 2018

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# Reordering elements in shortcode-processing.php

 *  [sideshow01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sideshow01/)
 * (@sideshow01)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reordering-elements-in-shortcode-processing-php/)
 * I’m using a portfolio grid that offers several different display styles. The 
   style I want to run with needs to be slightly altered, because for some reason,
   the developer decided to place the excerpt ABOVE the title. I’d like to reverse
   it.
 * The file responsible for this is called shortcode-processing.php. It’s located
   the theme’s tinymce folder. It’s super easy to simply edit that file by putting
   the h3 element above the p element, but I’d like to see if I can understand how
   to accomplish this in my child theme, so I don’t affect the core theme files.
 * I’m assuming it’s probably a custom function (???), which I understand in theory
   but not sure where to begin, since it seems like this particular chunk isn’t 
   assemble in the loop…it’s pulled from a list of pre-built configurations.
 * Maybe there’s a different solution altogether. Offending code block below. All
   I need to do is put that h3 above the project-excerpt statement.
 * Any help is appreciated!
 *     ```
       <div class="vert-center">
       	<?php 
       	if(!empty($using_custom_content) && $using_custom_content == 'on') {
       		echo '<div class="custom-content">' . do_shortcode($custom_content) . '</div>';
       	} else { ?>	
       		<?php if(!empty($project_excerpt)) { echo '<p><span>'.$project_excerpt.'</span></p>'; } elseif(!empty($options['portfolio_date']) && $options['portfolio_date'] == 1) echo '<p><span>' . get_the_date() . '</span></p>'; ?> 
   
       		<h3><?php echo get_the_title(); ?></h3> 
   
       		<svg class="next-arrow" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 39 12"><line class="top" x1="23" y1="-0.5" x2="29.5" y2="6.5" stroke="#ffffff;"/><line class="bottom" x1="23" y1="12.5" x2="29.5" y2="5.5" stroke="#ffffff;"/></svg><span class="line"></span></span>
   
       	<?php } ?>
       </div>
       ```
   
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Fixing formatting

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 *  Moderator [cubecolour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/numeeja/)
 * (@numeeja)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reordering-elements-in-shortcode-processing-php/#post-10178604)
 * Which theme are you using?
 *  Thread Starter [sideshow01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sideshow01/)
 * (@sideshow01)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reordering-elements-in-shortcode-processing-php/#post-10178609)
 * Salient
 *  Moderator [cubecolour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/numeeja/)
 * (@numeeja)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/reordering-elements-in-shortcode-processing-php/#post-10179306)
 * Since that is a commercial theme, we ask that you please go to their official
   support channel, so you can get support from the people who know it best.
 * [https://themenectar.ticksy.com/](https://themenectar.ticksy.com/)
 * Forum volunteers are not given access to commercial products, so they would not
   know specific details about how it works or how to develop a child theme specifically
   to work with it. Your best bet is your product’s developer. Keep in mind we encourage
   you to use the official support venues, as it allows the developers to be aware
   of issues with their code and gives back to the community in a more robust way.

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