closing shortcode [/code] not supported?
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I’m trying to put content sections between shortcode tags of plug-in Mobile Detect, e.g. [notdevice]The content section is here[/notdevice]. However, the ‘shortcode widget’ seems to support the opening shortcode only, not the closing one. The opening shortcode is not displayed on the page (so that seems to be recognised), but the closing shortcode is displayed as just the code. Mind you, I’m trying to put sections between them, the shortcodes of course do work within one text block.
I know Elementor has the ability to ‘not show’ a section on chosen devices, but that only adds ‘display:none’ to the CSS. I want the section to not load at all, which is what the plug-in does.
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??? The shortcode tags I mentioned ARE designed to not just ‘hide’ but instead ‘not load’ content in between. What you are saying is that Elementor does not support this (at least the [/close] tag). That’s a big difference, and to be honest quite an unsatisfactory answer.
But, as a suggestion: why not have the Elementor option of hiding a section make it ‘do not load this section’ instead of ‘display:none’? I mean, if you want to hide it, you obviously don’t want to load it.
@frizzel I don’t think you understand the underlying code and how Elementor is rendered which is different than wp_content that those shortcode wrappers would have an effect upon. But I understand your frustration and what you are intending to do.
I also had to devise a way for the Paid Memberships Pro free membership plugin to also allow disabling of showing (and loading) of Elementor designed content otherwise a sign-up/login message was provided on member-only post/products/pages. Here is the example – https://gist.github.com/pingram3541/831aecf628165b5f36f856303b23b5be
Alternatively you could approach the shortcode author and ask them kindly to consider reading this thread and modifying their plugin to also recognize Elementor content in some fashion, maybe by adding a special class to a section, column or element will hide it as per your needs.
Best of luck and success to you!
[edit] I felt I should add just a small opinion about plugin adaptation. I personally feel it is more logical for the feature plugin such as shortcodes and widgets and the like, more appropriately adapt their code to support the small number of popular page builder plugins vs the other way around. It reduces everybody’s support efforts and envelops trusted plugin groups when developers know they all work together, they will continue using them together on a greater number of sites they build. On the flip, it would be an impossible task for Elementor to adapt to the bajillion feature plugins that exist out there not to mention the 50k here @ ww.wp.xz.cn.
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