Shortcode Not Working Inside Quotes

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Problem:

The HTML codes and Views shortcodes are being changed to something else, see details here:

https://toolset.com/forums/topic/shortcode-not-working-inside-quotes/#post-1193502

Solution:

It seems Views shortcode [wpv-post-date] does not work as attribute of HTML div tag in the user's website, as a workaround, you can use content template to display the HTML codes + shortcodes, see details here:

https://toolset.com/forums/topic/shortcode-not-working-inside-quotes/#post-1193531

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This topic contains 4 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by chrisB-30 5 years, 10 months ago.

Assisted by: Luo Yang.

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January 31, 2019 at 5:02 am #1193502

chrisB-30

Hi,

Iam trying to add Last Modified Schema to my Taxonomy pages.

I found this shortcode which pulls last modified dates:
[wpv-post-date type="modified"]

And then I put it inside an itemprop:

<div itemprop=”dateModified” content=”[wpv-post-date type="modified"]″>[wpv-post-date type="modified"]</div>

As you can see in the screenshot below it does display the date from the second instance of the shortcode - but the shortcode inside the quotes does not work.

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Is there some special way I need to set this up inside quotes?

Also, where is that last modified information being pulled from, there is no date associated with a Taxonomy archive so what date is it using?

January 31, 2019 at 6:11 am #1193517

Luo Yang

Hello,

The double quotes " in your codes is malformed to: ”,

And I suggest you try to wrap the shortcode within single quotes, for example:

<div itemprop="dateModified" content='[wpv-post-date type="modified"]'>[wpv-post-date type="modified"]</div>

And test again.

January 31, 2019 at 6:34 am #1193525

chrisB-30

Unfortunately that did not work:
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It looks like the quotes are being converted back to double in the html.

Any other ideas?

Also - I am using an Elementor template to display this - not sure if that makes any difference:
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January 31, 2019 at 6:54 am #1193531

Luo Yang

It seems Views shortcode [wpv-post-date] does not work as attribute of HTML div tag in your website, as a workaround, you can create a content template with the same codes as I mentioned above, see below test site:
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user/pass: xgren/111111

<div itemprop="dateModified" content='[wpv-post-date type="modified"]'>[wpv-post-date type="modified"]</div>

Content template will be able to keep the codes without malformed.

Then put above content template into post content, for example:

[wpv-post-body view_template="YOUR-CT-SLUG"]

See the result in front-end:
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Screenshot:
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January 31, 2019 at 7:38 am #1193551

chrisB-30

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!