I recently made a mistake that I wanted to share. It might save you a headache.
When making a short code make sure to return a value and not just echo it out.
The echo will display content, but it’s placement will be off, which is what gave me my headache.
Instead, put your echo’s in a string then return it.
//incorrect
function foobar_func( $atts ){
echo "foo and bar";
}
add_shortcode( 'foobar', 'foobar_func' );
//correct
function foobar_func( $atts ){
return "foo and bar";
}
add_shortcode( 'foobar', 'foobar_func' );
By Matt Christensen
I am a professional web / software developer located in Pontiac, IL. I have been developing web solutions and applications since 2003. I graduated from Bradley University (Peoria, IL) with a degree in Computer Science and Math.
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