Title: Shortcode "Quote" marks not working
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Shortcode "Quote" marks not working

 *  Resolved [froddis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/froddis/)
 * (@froddis)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-quote-marks-not-working/)
 * Hiya,
 * After updating to WP4.4 we’ve notcied that the ” marks in our shortcode aren’t
   working properly. For example this shortcode from BGMP Plugin which worked properly
   in 4.3.1 now has the first ” mark of each statement is now a curly quote facing
   the = sign instead of the content:
 * [bgmp-map categories=”scotland-central-region-golf” center=”crieff” zoom=”9″]
 * In order to fix this I had to rewrite this shortcode in my text editor (Notepad
   ++) and then cut and paste it back into the page. If I tried re-writing the shortcode
   in WP it did the same thing as above.
 * We use TinyMCEAdvanced but had it deactivated when testing in order to make sure
   it wasn’t causing the issue. We’re using a lot of shortcode on a couple of multilingual
   sites with 4 languages which means I’d have to do all the maps in all the languages
   manually.
 * We’ve also talked with Ian from BGMP and we’re confident it’s not a problem with
   that plugin. We’ve seen this before with older versions on WP when cutting and
   pasting content into the WP visual editor from word.
 * Has anyone else noticed this issue and if so do you have a fix other than manually
   re-doing all the shortcode?
 * Thank you!
    Fiona

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-quote-marks-not-working/#post-6870816)
 * It’s a known issue that will likely be fixed in 4.4.1: [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/34939](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/34939)
 * The short explanation is that `[shortcode=var]` was never actually documented
   in the Shortcode API, plugins and themes should have been using `[shotcode var]`.
   For some reason, `[shortcode=var]` only worked as a “happy accident” and some
   plugins/themes started using that for their shortcode structure.
 * When `[shortcode=var]` was broken in 4.4, none of the core developers noticed,
   since that wasn’t a documented shortcode structure to test against.
 * So, it’s a classic case of You’re All Doing It Wong™ in which really both parties
   could be safely blamed for that, though mostly plugin/theme developers for using
   their shortcodes in an undocumented fashion. Even Jetpack was doing it wrong™
   with some of its shortcodes. 🙂
 * It sounds like the core developers are leaning towards fixing `[shortcode=var]`
   and then officially documenting it in the Shortcode API to avoid future breakage,
   but I recommend reporting it at [https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/basic-google-maps-placemarks#postform](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/basic-google-maps-placemarks#postform)
   so the plugin’s developers can future proof it by filtering to `[shotcode var]`
   and let them know they can use [https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/commit/5de8caada454c541a771043c7d844bc918a2cbbf](https://github.com/Automattic/jetpack/commit/5de8caada454c541a771043c7d844bc918a2cbbf)
   as a starting point.
 *  Thread Starter [froddis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/froddis/)
 * (@froddis)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-quote-marks-not-working/#post-6870866)
 * Hi James,
 * Thank you so much for this! We’ll keep our eye out for updates in 4.4.1 and keep
   our clients updated as well. I’ll pass on your suggestions as well.
 * Thank you,
    Fiona
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-quote-marks-not-working/#post-6870870)
 * You’re welcome!

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 * [quote mark](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/quote-mark/)
 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)
 * [version 4.3.1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/version-4-3-1/)

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-quote-marks-not-working/#post-6870870)
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