Title: Insert text not shortcodes
Last modified: May 13, 2017

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# Insert text not shortcodes

 *  Resolved [st5uzmloopsqz7dr9egp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/st5uzmloopsqz7dr9egp/)
 * (@st5uzmloopsqz7dr9egp)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-text-not-shortcodes/)
 * Is there a way to insert the actual text … no a short code. That way it can be
   edited or tweaked after insertion?

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 *  Plugin Author [Loomisoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loomisoft/)
 * (@loomisoft)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-text-not-shortcodes/#post-9131970)
 * Hi [@st5uzmloopsqz7dr9egp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/st5uzmloopsqz7dr9egp/)
 * If I understand the question, you just want a common block of text to be effectively
   imported into the post so you can then edit it on a case by case basis. If that’s
   the kind of thing you are looking for, then in all honesty, no.
 * The idea behind the plugin is to modularise content. That way if a common block
   you use in say 300 posts/pages (e.g. some “Special Offer” box), was to change,
   you would only have to make the change in one place and not have to drill down
   into all 300 pages/posts … that would be a maintenance nightmare.
 * However, the plugin allows you to have “variables”. One user we know of has a
   piece of text that says something like:
 * “Have you visited London?” on the London page
    “Have you visited Paris?” on the
   Paris page “Have you visited Tokyo?” on the Tokyo page etc.
 * This is done by having a content block (let’s say ID 820) that has:
 * Have you visited [ls_content_block getvar=”varplace”]?
 * Then on each page you define the variable when calling the block:
 * On the London page you have: [ls_content_block id=”820″ varplace=”London”]
    On
   the Paris page you have: [ls_content_block id=”820″ varplace=”Paris”] On the 
   Tokyo page you have: [ls_content_block id=”820″ varplace=”Tokyo”] etc.
 * That way, you still have the modularity, but also have the flexibility to have
   slightly bespoke text on each page/post where the content block is called.
 * Do let us know if this is useful to you.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years ago by [Loomisoft](https://wordpress.org/support/users/loomisoft/).

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