Shortcode not recognized in main page

Hi Rob,

Unfortunately it looks like the theme that you have chosen to use is doing some very weird, and unconventional things.

For one – they are defining their own content filter, and stripping any and all shortcodes. I assume this is an upsell to the pro version. I personally do not like this approach, as it is stripping default WordPress behavior – to upsell you on a premium product.

Inside of index.php on line 161 the theme has:

skt_white_the_content_format( $content );

Now, following that theme into functions.php you’ll see the next two blocks of code:

// get_the_content format text
function skt_white_get_the_content_format( $str ){
	$raw_content = apply_filters( 'skt_white_the_content', $str );
	$content = str_replace( ']]>', ']]>', $raw_content );
	return $content;
}
// the_content format text
function skt_white_the_content_format( $str ){
	echo skt_white_get_the_content_format( $str );
}

You’ll see inside of skt_white_get_the_content_format, that they are stripping the shortcodes:

$content = str_replace( ']]>', ']]>', $raw_content );
return $content;

You can alter the theme to support shortcodes – but my professional recommendation would be to leave this theme altogether for one that doesn’t strip away basic WordPress features to try upsell you to a pro version.

Thanks,
Evan

I would recommend taking a look at the review I left on the theme, and how to work around it. You will have to make alterations to the base theme, which is ultimately going to keep reverting on every update they push out – but if you choose to stick with this theme, that may be your only option.

https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/view/theme-reviews/skt-white?filter=2

You’ll just need to alter one function found in functions.php of that theme.

The shortcodes don’t work on the homepage in each section. They work everywhere else, on standard pages and posts.

Evan