Title: Shortcode conversion problems
Last modified: February 11, 2020

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# Shortcode conversion problems

 *  Resolved [webelaine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpgirl369/)
 * (@wpgirl369)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-conversion-problems/)
 * Some of my sites contain a great deal of shortcodes. For example, we use Gravity
   Forms heavily and so there are a lot of GF shortcodes. Unfortunately, when we
   run this plugin to convert to blocks, the plugin creates a shortcode block – 
   but it does not include the shortcode itself, just an empty shortcode block, 
   so the form is lost.
 * This also happens with custom shortcodes – we have [row] and [column] as well.
   It seems as though the plugin could extract the shortcode itself (i.e. ‘gravityform’)
   and include that in the shortcode block, as well as any attributes (i.e. ‘id=”
   1″ title=”false”‘) without ever having to know what the shortcode does. Perhaps
   this is a bug – Core developers sure have changed blocks a lot already, so it
   wouldn’t surprise me if this plugin initially converted shortcodes successfully,
   but the current version of WP Core has updated something that broke the ability
   of the plugin to extract the shortcode and its attributes.

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 *  Plugin Author [Organic Themes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/organicthemes/)
 * (@organicthemes)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-conversion-problems/#post-12423151)
 * Hello,
 * The Bulk Block Converter plugin relies on the core Gutenberg block conversion
   functionality. Meaning, the plugin doesn’t actually process the conversion, Gutenberg
   does. The plugin simply makes it possible to convert multiple posts and pages
   at once from a single interface. As a result, the issue is with the way Gutenberg
   handles the conversion.
 * The same issue occurs without the plugin installed, when navigating to a page
   that has shortcodes contained within a “Classic” block, and then choosing the
   option to convert to blocks.
 * If the issue is a concern, opening a support ticket with Gutenberg and/or WordPress
   might be the best course of action, [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gutenberg/)
 * If this was an issue with the plugin itself, we would work to resolve the issue.
   Unfortunately, the issue is a core issue that the plugin cannot address. Maybe
   if enough of us let WordPress know this is an issue, they will push a fix in 
   core.
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [webelaine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpgirl369/)
 * (@wpgirl369)
 * [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-conversion-problems/#post-12423408)
 * Not sure what happened to the author’s response – which was:
 * The Bulk Block Converter plugin relies on the core Gutenberg block conversion
   functionality. Meaning, the plugin doesn’t actually process the conversion, Gutenberg
   does. The plugin simply makes it possible to convert multiple posts and pages
   at once from a single interface. As a result, the issue is with the way Gutenberg
   handles the conversion.
 * The same issue occurs without the plugin installed, when navigating to a page
   that has shortcodes contained within a “Classic” block, and then choosing the
   option to convert to blocks.
 * If the issue is a concern, opening a support ticket with Gutenberg and/or WordPress
   might be the best course of action, [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/gutenberg/)
 * If this was an issue with the plugin itself, we would work to resolve the issue.
   Unfortunately, the issue is a core issue that the plugin cannot address. Maybe
   if enough of us let WordPress know this is an issue, they will push a fix in 
   core.
 * ———————
 * My reply: Thank you for the quick response. I had no idea Core was able to process
   conversions. I’ll definitely follow up with the Block Editor’s support channels–
   I’d be surprised if there isn’t already an issue, but if not, I can certainly
   add one.

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 * Last reply from: [webelaine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpgirl369/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-conversion-problems/#post-12423408)
 * Status: resolved