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To everyone else,

It’s true that there is nothing in my documentation that warns you not to try to use a shortcode as a shortcode attribute, as yodunnit had done here. Granted, the documentation _does_ tell you what all the valid shortcode attributes are, and what their accepted values are/can be. And it provides examples of how to do certain types of things, including setting up a basic [fileup] shortcode.

yodunnit’s shortcode is about as basic as they come. His only issue was a fundamental WordPress shortcode formatting error.

In future endeavors, I will add a disclaimer that if you choose not to use the provided modal shortcode generator, and build your shortcodes manually, that a basic understanding of WordPress shortcode formatting (which I do explicate at the top of my documentation for each shortcode) is recommended.

This has been a great thread. I’m sad to see it go.

TTFN

P.S. – yodunnit was trying to use the debug attribute in a fileup shortcode. This was not his problem (it would have just been ignored, since it’s not a recognized attribute of fileup), but it demonstrates that yodunnit was not actually looking at the provided fileup tutorial documentation, because debug is not an attribute listed under the recognized fileup attributes in my exhaustive documentation.

“Also othe buttons collapse and you have to do various clicking to make thewm show up!”

lol. That’s called field dependencies. It’s to prevent you from using attributes that are incompatible with one another. It’s built-in intelligence.

Enjoy the rest of your day!