TOPIC description
` * where `TOPIC` is the main argument of the post (usually 1 or 2 words), and `description` is a brief sentence explaining more about the content. This textbox is shown in the excerpt of each post when searching for them using the search bar. * In some cases the description contains `V|F`, which I later replaced with the shortcode `[VF]`. * But now I found out that shortcodes are now shown in the post excerpts, so I was thinking about a workaround with javascript: keep the notation `[VF]`, delete its shortcode definition, and finally add a javascript which replaces it with the html code of the original shortcode definition. * This is how the shortcode `[VF]` is actually defined * ``` function vf_sc( $atts ){ return "V|F"; } add_shortcode( 'VF', 'vf_sc' ); ``` * where the `boxed` class id defined as * ``` .boxed { padding: 0 5px; border: black 0.7px solid; } ``` * Is it possibile to write a javascript which replaces the string `[VF]` with ` V|F `, so that even by deleting the definition of the shortcode, I can still write `[VF]` in the editor and obtain the same output? Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) * (@sterndata) * Volunteer Forum Moderator * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simulate-shortcodes-with-javascript/#post-12099570) * Is this a template you’ve written that calls `the_excerpt()`? If so, you might try changing that to `echo do_shortcode( get_the_excerpt() );`. * [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/) * (@joyously) * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simulate-shortcodes-with-javascript/#post-12099735) * > But now I found out that shortcodes are now shown in the post excerpts * You should look into this first. In the code, you can see that the first thing done is to strip the shortcodes. This removes all registered shortcodes. [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_trim_excerpt/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_trim_excerpt/) * If you don’t want to see the shortcode in the excerpt, you could do a Search/ Replace in your database. You could also define manual excerpts. You could also make sure the shortcodes are expanded instead of stripped, before the excerpt is generated. * Thread Starter [giannit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giannit/) * (@giannit) * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simulate-shortcodes-with-javascript/#post-12100328) * [@sterndata](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/) Thank you, I am using the plugin Advanced Excerpt, I don’t have templates, instead I write the`TOPIC description
` at the very beginning of each post, and the plugin shows just that `` and nothing else. That is, I don’t have to manually create the excerpts. * [@joyously](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/) Thank you, I do want to see the shortcode in the excerpts. Since I have a hundreds of posts it is handy to have a plugin (advanced excerpt) which automatically creates the excerpts. * I tried this javascript to replace the string `[VF]`, but it doesn’t work, why? * ``` function myFunction() { var str = document.getElementsByClassName("textbox")[0].innerHTML; var res = str.replace("[VF]", "test"); document.getElementsByClassName("textbox")[0].innerHTML = res; } ``` * [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/) * (@joyously) * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simulate-shortcodes-with-javascript/#post-12100360) * I don’t know about your JS attempt, but I think it’s better to change it in PHP, before it gets to the browser. It is likely because of your plugin that you are seeing the shortcodes at all, otherwise they would be stripped out. So you can change the plugin or use one of the other suggestions I gave before. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘Simulate shortcodes with javascript’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/) * 4 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/) * Last activity: [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simulate-shortcodes-with-javascript/#post-12100360) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics