Title: Shortcode insertion
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Shortcode insertion

 *  Resolved [Zaepian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zaepian/)
 * (@zaepian)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-insertion/)
 * Before the owner of the website I manage reset all of the blocks we were using,
   I was able to use {adinserter 5} for example, to insert our ads into posts.
 * Now that we’ve rebuilt all the blocks, we’re having to use [adinserter block=”
   5″] because {adinserter 5} won’t work. But this is no good because we used {adinserter
   5} for hundreds of past posts, and we need them to work again.
 * Is there something we did wrong in the settings or something we can change to
   get {adinserter 5} to work again?
 * Thank you!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ad-inserter/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ad-inserter/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Spacetime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spacetime/)
 * (@spacetime)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-insertion/#post-6780453)
 * The easiest approach would be to replace all old short codes with the new ones.
   
   With [Search Regex](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search-regex/) plugin you can
   do it with few clicks. Just make sure you have backed up the site/database before
   you make changes.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-insertion/#post-6780453)
 * Status: resolved