Title: Problems with short codes
Last modified: August 13, 2020

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# Problems with short codes

 *  [jarc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarc/)
 * (@jarc)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-short-codes/)
 * Upgrading to the new version 3.3.5.1 breaks the shortcodes, for example, [wp-
   members status = “in”] link [/ wp-members]
 * does not hide it and is released to any user
 * the same thing happens with
    [wp-members status=”out”]registry[/wp-members ]
 * The version that I have no problem with is Version 3.2.9.3
 * How can I bulk replace shortcodes?
    since I have more than a thousand publications
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by [jarc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarc/).
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 10 months ago by [jarc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarc/).

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 *  Plugin Author [Chad Butler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cbutlerjr/)
 * (@cbutlerjr)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-short-codes/#post-13251131)
 * Actually, upgrading to any version of 3.3.x is going to break that because the
   tag was fully removed in 3.3.0.
 * The [wp-members] tag was deprecated in 3.0, with final replacement being completed
   by 3.1. This was outlined in the change log and the release announcements, with
   a list of replacement shortcodes here: [https://rocketgeek.com/shortcodes/list-of-replacement-shortcodes/](https://rocketgeek.com/shortcodes/list-of-replacement-shortcodes/)
 * I understand that you’ve got a lot of posts where you’ve implemented these. Let
   me begin by saying that the plugin is designed to accomplish this kind of result
   without using shortcodes. So in this instance, it seems you’re using these when
   they are not actually necessary. That being said, I understand that users do 
   use features of the plugin in ways that are different from the intended use.
 * The following gist is a code snippet that you could use to re-apply the [wp-members]
   shortcode tag for the logged in/out status. It just shifts the parsing over to
   the current shortcode.
 * [https://gist.github.com/rocketgeek/6f7f28bed8688a5cb81b07e8a67c9188](https://gist.github.com/rocketgeek/6f7f28bed8688a5cb81b07e8a67c9188)
 *  Plugin Author [Chad Butler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cbutlerjr/)
 * (@cbutlerjr)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-short-codes/#post-13254427)
 * I moved the gist link above to the support site code snippet library, so the 
   github link is no longer active. Use the following instead:
 * [https://rocketgeek.com/code-snippets/re-implement-wp-members-shortcode-tag/](https://rocketgeek.com/code-snippets/re-implement-wp-members-shortcode-tag/)
 *  Thread Starter [jarc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarc/)
 * (@jarc)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-short-codes/#post-13333603)
 * thank you very much, it worked

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 * Last reply from: [jarc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jarc/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-short-codes/#post-13333603)
 * Status: not resolved