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  • Proposal to Overhaul the Shortcode API in WordPress Goes Back to the Drawing Board

    Proposal to Overhaul the Shortcode API in WordPress Goes Back to the Drawing Board

    Robert Chapin, who contributes to WordPress core, published the first draft of a roadmap that explains how the Shortcode API could be overhauled. “The decision to create this roadmap arose from specific needs that are not met by the old code,” Chapin said. The proposal has an aggressive timeline with development starting in WordPress 4.4…

    Jeff Chandler

  • WordPress 4.0.1 Exposes Bad Development Practices Used in Some Plugins

    WordPress 4.0.1 Exposes Bad Development Practices Used in Some Plugins

    With the release of WordPress 4.0.1 less than 24 hours old, we’ve received reports of plugins breaking due to the update. For example, Cool Video Gallery is broken because of the way it handles custom shortcode attribute parsing instead of using the Shortcode API built into WordPress. Mika Epstein, who is a support forum volunteer,…

    Jeff Chandler