Google Maps Shortcode broken?

What exactly happens for you in widgets?

Hi Tim,

Thanks for the reply.

Nothing happens, the shortcode is shown as if it was not processed.

For instance, if I put this shortcode in a text widget

[googlemaps https://maps.google.com.br/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=208649434188009166040.0004c11dc9ea7f1cc408e&ie=UTF8&t=m&ll=-29.166794,-51.181784&spn=0.023982,0.016136&z=14&output=embed&w=188&h=320]

the site visitors will see the shortcode unprocessed instead of the map

E.g. it does not produces the Google Maps iframe

<div class="googlemaps"><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="https://maps.google.com.br/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=208649434188009166040.0004c11dc9ea7f1cc408e&ie=UTF8&t=m&ll=-29.166794,-51.181784&spn=0.023982,0.016136&z=14&output=embed&w=188&h=320"></iframe><br /><small><a href="https://maps.google.com.br/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=208649434188009166040.0004c11dc9ea7f1cc408e&ie=UTF8&t=m&ll=-29.166794,-51.181784&spn=0.023982,0.016136&z=14&source=embed&w=188&h=320" style="text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small></div>

Do other shortcodes work in widgets?

Good question….

Yes, contact form 7 does work inside the text widget.

As I told earlier, [googlemaps] shortcode used to work, unfortunately I don’t exactly know which JetPack upgrade broke it ??

I’ll take a look and see what I can find out.

Thanks Tim, good luck finding out the issue.

Any news about this issue?

Not currently. We are in the middle of a large release. I will take a look at this ASAP.

Thank you for posting a specific example! I can see that part of the problem may be that you are using a maps.google.com.br link, but the shortcode will only work with maps.google.com links.

Please try the following steps:

1. Go to https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=208649434188009166040.0004c11dc9ea7f1cc408e&ie=UTF8&t=m&ll=-29.166794,-51.181784

2. Click the link icon near the top left, and copy the HTML from the 2nd field (starts with “<iframe”).

3. Paste the HTML you copied into a text widget in the sidebar.

Hold on, I spoke too soon. If I start with a maps.google.com.br address, that works for me too. I would recommend trying the steps again, it worked for me in several tests if I followed the instructions I listed above.

For #1, start at this URL instead:
https://maps.google.com.br/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=208649434188009166040.0004c11dc9ea7f1cc408e&ie=UTF8&t=m&ll=-29.166794,-51.181784

I’ve just realized that my steps actually totally bypass the shortcode and that’s the whole problem you reported in the first place ?? well, I’m on a role! I see that the shortcode issue is a bug, and I will file a bug report for it. In the mean time, hopefully my steps will help as a workaround if you need it.

Sheri, thank you very much for your efforts.

I am aware of the HTML text option and it was the first thing I did to stop showing a broken shortcode that is meaningless to site visitors.

My concern here was to discover if it was a change by design or simply a bug. Thank you for clarifying it and reporting the bug.

Hopefully next version of JetPack will fix it. ??