[Resolved] Third Party Shortcode not Working

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[Ian]

I am trying to use a third party shortcode from the WordPress repository https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-imdb/

The shortcode as used in my template is as follows:

[imdb show="transparent" data="detailed"][types field="imdb-name"][/types][/imdb]

I have added the shortcode to settings see attached

This is what is showing in the plugin cache [types field=\"imdb-name\"][/types] rather than the number

Here is the page with the issue hidden link see bottom left corner

This is what should be rendering hidden link

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Well - what if you try to add a simple shortcode and check if that works first.

For example - add following shortcode:

function foobar_func( $atts ){
    return "foo and bar";
}
add_shortcode( 'foobar', 'foobar_func' );

And use it as follows:

[imdb show="transparent" data="detailed"]
[foobar]
[/imdb]

Do you see the [foobar] shortcode rendered normally?

[Ian]

This is what the plugin is now storing in the cache

[foobar]

[Minesh]

I seem that the [imdb] shortcode your are using is not parsing the shortcode. As you confirm that even normal shortcode is not parsed.

This looks like not an issue from Toolset but IMDB plugin. Can you please contact that plugin support and check with them how you can parse shortcode as per your requirement.

[Ian]

The developer of this plugin was a great help and updated it so it would work nested within a Toolset shortcode.