Shortcode Displaying as Text

  • Resolved jacksghost

    (@jacksghost)


    11 years ago

    I’m trying to use a very basic date shortcode on a page and the shortcode itself keeps displaying as text instead of displaying the date.

    I added this to my /functions.php page:

    function LongDate(){
	return date(‘Y’);
}
add_shortcode(‘mylongdate’, ‘LongDate’);

    Then, I added [mylongdate] to my page in the editor and it will only display the actual shortcode [mylongdate] instead of the date. I tried adding the shortocde in both the Visual and Text tabs in the editor and that makes no difference.

    I am developing this site on a temp URL so I have not installed Jetpack yet. Does Jetpack have to be installed for shortcodes to work?

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  • schulte

    (@schulte)

    11 years ago

    Hey jacksghost,

    I added a filter and removed some curly quotes. Give [long_date] a try!

    function my_long_date() {
	return date('Y');
}
add_shortcode('long_date', 'my_long_date');
add_filter('my_long_date', 'do_shortcode');
    Thread Starter jacksghost

    (@jacksghost)

    11 years ago

    Hey schulte,

    Of all the silly things, it was the curly quotes. I believe I copy/pasted the function online and did not even notice the single quotes were curly. It works now with or without the add_filter line.

    Thanks!

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