help with shortcodes

  • I put in the functions php

    function alertBox($atts, $content=null, $code=""){
		$box = 'Hello, World!';
		return $box;
	}

	add_shortcode('box','alertBox');

    but when I put into the post [box]this is an alert box[/box]

    all I get on the page is [box]this is an alert box[/box]

    it does not display the box.

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  • Have you tried renaming your function and/or your shortcode? It’s possible that one or the other is conflicting with an existing item in WordPress (as “box” and “alertBox” are pretty generic/common names).

    Thread Starter cybershot

    (@cybershot)

    I figured out that its because its a page template. I can’t get it to work in the template files. It works everywhere else, just not the templates

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