Title: Shortcode removing HTML data-* attributes
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Shortcode removing HTML data-* attributes

 *  [summatix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/summatix/)
 * (@summatix)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-removing-html-data-attributes/)
 * When I place a hyperlink with data attributes inside a [color-box] shortcode,
   the data attributes get stripped. I have to resort to using div styling instead.
 * Why does the shortcode strip data attributes?
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 * Last reply from: [summatix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/summatix/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-removing-html-data-attributes/)
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