Generated Shortcode does not work

Hi,
Sorry for the late reply, as I understand, if I remove your custom shortcode for the accordeon ([gcst_events]) the colors for the accordeon element changes?
I tried to recreate this error but the accordeon element didn’t change colors for me. Did I misunderstand?

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
Thanks that is clearer, I see that this is a custom plugin that you have created that uses the shortcode above, when I test the shortcode above in a code block on a new test page the colors for the element are correct.
There are a couple of issues that could be causing this, there are some issues with the new block editor and shortcodes, in some cases, disabling the block editor solves and in others there is a beta update version that solves.
But the dev team posted that they are very close to releasing the next version that will address these issues properly, so I’m not sure if this is something you would want to wait for?

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
I tried to investigate your page with the shortcode from your custom plugin, by creating a copy at the url in the Private Content area and removing the according element so that there was only the shortcode according, expecting that the shortcode would work, but with the wrong colors. But the shortcode didn’t work.
Yet if I recreate the shortcode with our shortcode tool it works correctly. I don’t believe that this is a shortcode issue, but an issue with your custom plugin.
When I check your custom plugin I find this error for “title”

$toggles .= do_shortcode("[av_toggle title='" . $titel . "' tags='' av_uid='av-ihbnj']" . $details . "[/av_toggle]");

which is braking it, please try reviewing your custom plugin for errors.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
Glad to hear you found the issue. I believe the error you are getting is because in your performance settings your “Disable template creator items” is set to “Load only used elements (recommended)”
Please change to “Always load all elements” and then try again.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
I believe what is happening is that because your plugin is inserting the shortcodes out of order for the shortcode tree. The “tree” is the list of shortcodes inside the page telling it which elements to get.
In the past the solution was to use the parser in the debugger to rebuild the “tree” but your shortcode is added after so it won’t help.
I didn’t find a filter to always load one element, but you can choose to manually set which elements to load in the performance option.
Please try this.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
I had to edit my response right after I sent it because the theme does allow you to manually set which elements to load in the performance option.
Please try using this option to always load the accordion element.
The issue is that your plugin’s shortcode is getting added after the “tree”
So I’m not sure if you tried this yet

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,
If you take a look at the elements listed in the options you should be able to remember which elements you used when creating your site, or at least which elements you didn’t use such as the “Progress Bars Element”, “Headline Rotator Element”, & “Animated Numbers Element”
You can also look at the backend of your page and the title for each element is visible without having to open it if you are unsure which elements you used.

Best regards,
Mike

Hi,

We haven’t tried that but it should be possible. You can set one of the plugin directories as the element source.

// https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/intro-to-layout-builder/#add-elements-to-alb

The code there should set the child theme’s “shortcode” folder as one of the shortcodes’ source along with the default ones.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

The builder has its own public function to compile the shortcodes inside the post content. Not really sure what you’re trying to do here, but maybe that function would help.

Example of that code can be found in this thread: https://kriesi.at/support/topic/blog-posts-16/#post-1042867

You have to fetch post and then compile the content using the following function.

$content = Avia_Builder()->compile_post_content( $post );

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,

Yes, that’s the general idea. It also builds the shortcode tree, so any shortcodes outside the builder will still be included in the elements array. Let us know if it helps.

Best regards,
Ismael

Hi,
Thanks for sharing your solution, we will close this now. Thank you for using Enfold.

Best regards,
Mike