Title: Link_after / link_before usage
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Link_after / link_before usage

 *  [marlanw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marlanw/)
 * (@marlanw)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link_after-link_before-usage/)
 * I’m trying to use the shortcode to change the stuff inside the link to a button.
 * [child-pages link_before=’ <button type=”button”> ‘ link_after=’ </button> ‘ 
   depth=”1″]
 * But it makes that TEXT instead of HTML. Not sure what the magic trick is?
 * [http://rv52.com/how-to-video/](http://rv52.com/how-to-video/) (shows the problem)
 * ideas? I know it is simple.
 * Marlan
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/list-pages-shortcode/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/list-pages-shortcode/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Ben Huson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/husobj/)
 * (@husobj)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link_after-link_before-usage/#post-3817598)
 * By default the plugin uses the html encoded value of ‘before’ and ‘after’ so 
   if they include any special characters they display properly as text.
 * If you require to alter this you can use the ‘[shortcode_list_pages_attributes](https://github.com/benhuson/list-pages-shortcode/blob/master/list-pages-shortcode.php#L75)‘
   filter to adjust the attributes that have been passed to the shortcode.

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 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link_after-link_before-usage/#post-3817598)
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