Title: Short code format Last modified: October 16, 2020 --- # Short code format * Resolved [fhithich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fhithich/) * (@fhithich) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-code-format/) * I managed to get access to the Premium Plan which cured my previous problem. * Yesterday I successfully created a post with map using [osmap markers=”NY37450883! red;High Pike|NY38790956!green;Scandale Pass”] * But today a post with this failed [osmap markers=”NZ65401023;Nanny’s Nook”] * I’ve actually pruned this down to the minimum as I wanted two markers but I just can’t see what is wrong. * However converting the grid ref to lat/long does work [osmap markers=”54.483212,- 0.992078;Nanny’s Nook”] * I’m confused. Any help appreciated. * Thanks Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * Plugin Author [skirridsystems](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skirridsystems/) * (@skirridsystems) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-code-format/#post-13545665) * You haven’t said what the failure is, nor given me a URL to look at. I can’t see any problem with this shortcode when I try it on my site. * Thread Starter [fhithich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fhithich/) * (@fhithich) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-code-format/#post-13546179) * Sorry. * I thought the best way to illustrate my problem is by editing an old post so take * [http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=23127](http://www.fhithich.uk/?p=23127) * I’ve removed the old <–raw–> coding and added two maps [osmap markers=”NZ58421272”][ osmap markers=”54.506437,-1.099305”] * The 2nd is a straight conversion of the OS Grid. But both give a grey rectangle which confuses me even more. * In desperation, I added a 3rd map using the coding that worked for me yesterday: [ osmap markers=”54.483212,-0.992078″] * And still does. Thanks, Mick Garratt * Cut and paste of exact posting: “… The good side of humanity. [osmap markers =”NZ58421272”] [osmap markers=”54.506437,-1.099305”] [osmap markers=”54.483212,- 0.992078″] ” * Plugin Author [skirridsystems](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skirridsystems/) * (@skirridsystems) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-code-format/#post-13546254) * This is really strange. One thing I notice is that the quotation marks you’re using look more like ‘smart quotes’, i.e. the curly ones that MS Word substitutes for the plain ascii quotes. I don’t know if that is the problem, but if I copy and paste your shortcode onto my site, I see the same problem. If I delete the double quotes and add them back in manually using shift-2 on my keyboard, then it all works fine. WordPress will only recognise plain ascii quote marks, either single or double, for shortcode purposes. * You can get away without quotes at all if there are no spaces or funny characters in the shortcode attribute. You could try [osmap markers=NZ58421272]. Unfortunately that won’t work when you want to add a label which includes spaces or apostrophes, such as Nanny’s Nook. * Are you pasting in the shortcode from somewhere else? Is one of your plugins doing some clever substitution on quotes to pretty them up, and breaking shortcodes in the process? I think you’re using the standard 2017 theme so that shouldn’t be a problem. * Thread Starter [fhithich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fhithich/) * (@fhithich) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-code-format/#post-13546282) * Just spotted the closing quotation marks in my shortcode are different. * The ones that don’t work are ” (decimal Unicode number = 8221) and the one that does is ″ (decimal Unicode number = 8243) * Subtle, hadn’t realised there was a difference, * For info my keyboard gives ” (decimal Unicode number = 8220) * I haven’t tried whether this is the problem but suspect it is. * Thread Starter [fhithich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fhithich/) * (@fhithich) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-code-format/#post-13546287) * Ah, crossed in transit * Thread Starter [fhithich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fhithich/) * (@fhithich) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-code-format/#post-13546299) * Yes, that’s cracked it. * Thanks, sorry to trouble you. I’m aware of the problem now. * By the way, I’m using a Mac. * Plugin Author [skirridsystems](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skirridsystems/) * (@skirridsystems) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-code-format/#post-13546704) * Ah, right, I hadn’t thought about a Mac keyboard. So how did you get the working quotes on your keyboard? I’ll add that to the documentation. * Thread Starter [fhithich](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fhithich/) * (@fhithich) * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-code-format/#post-13546950) * In the end, I started by copying and pasting an example from your [https://skirridsystems.co.uk/wordpress-plugins/os-datahub-maps/](https://skirridsystems.co.uk/wordpress-plugins/os-datahub-maps/) but somehow the last quote must have got corrupted. I can’t remember whether if at one point I cut the last quotation mark and merely added one in using the keyboard (“). Or it may have happened when I flipped between ‘visual’ and ‘text’ on the WordPress edit screen. I could experiment if you want. * On most Mac programs, there is an option ‘Emoji & symbols’ under ‘Edit’ which gives the following double quotes: * RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK ” QUOTATION MARK ” DOUBLE PRIME ″ DOUBLE ACUTE ACCENT ˝ HEAVY DOUBLE COMMA QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT ❞ * Again I would have to experiment to decipher. But I’ve just created a crib sheet. * Thanks again. 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