ToC Isn’t reading Shortcode Created Headings Correctly.

Resolved Cold Realms Tech
(@coldrealms65)

1 year, 2 months ago
I have a section within my website that uses a shortcode to fill in the required information in order to keep things consistent.

The section is : “Other [post_title] Resources” and will translate to the posts title, but the anchor that it attempts to find is: #Other_post_title_Resources

Anyway to fix that so that it will parse the shortcode and use the actual value?
- This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by Cold Realms Tech. Reason: Typos

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Thread Starter Cold Realms Tech
(@coldrealms65)

1 year, 1 month ago

You can see the effect here: Beltane – The Practitioner’s Handbook

The Link Other Beltane Resources leads to https://handbook.equinox-apothecary.shop/sabbats/beltain/#Other_post_title_Resources but the Anchor is missing in code.

Plugin Support Akshay A
(@akshaycode1)

1 year, 1 month ago

Hi, it appears to be a plugin conflict on your side. Kindly check for any conflicts between your theme and plugins.

Thread Starter Cold Realms Tech
(@coldrealms65)

1 year ago

I tested on a staging site with only your plugin and the shortcode option for the [post_title] active and it still does not work correctly. So it isn’t a conflict there.
Thread Starter Cold Realms Tech
(@coldrealms65)

1 year ago
If it helps here is the shortcode code:
```
function display_post_title() {
    return get_the_title();
}
add_shortcode('post_title', 'display_post_title');
```
Thread Starter Cold Realms Tech
(@coldrealms65)

1 year ago

Still looking for a solution to this issue.

Plugin Support Akshay A
(@akshaycode1)

1 year ago

Hi, Kindly share a short video showing the steps you are taking and the issue occurring, so we can check accordingly.

Thread Starter Cold Realms Tech
(@coldrealms65)

1 year ago

The resolution took so long I began overhauling all affected posts to manually enter the post name rather than have it via code.

Perhaps next week i will make a sample page to show you

Thread Starter Cold Realms Tech
(@coldrealms65)

10 months, 1 week ago

Finally got around to setting this up for you. seems silly that it wasn’t clear before but here we are”
TOC Error Example – The Practitioner’s Handbook – Staging <- You can see it in action here

Staging site is slow as it only has the relevant plugins for testing activated so the video takes quite a while to load.

https://staging.practitionershandbook.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/toc-not-working.mp4

Plugin Support Akshay A
(@akshaycode1)

10 months, 1 week ago

Hi, the shared video isn’t working. Kindly upload it to Google Drive and share the link with us so we can check.

Thread Starter Cold Realms Tech
(@coldrealms65)

10 months, 1 week ago

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Rdo2astCJAtlOVBWOrwsZgTX4famwaks/view?usp=sharing

Thread Starter Cold Realms Tech
(@coldrealms65)

10 months ago

You can also see when inspecting the section it does not get the anchor applied to it:
The Standard H2 gets the span added to it, but the one containing the results of the shortcode does not.

TOC Error Title

Plugin Support Akshay A
(@akshaycode1)

10 months ago

Hi, we apologize for the delay. We are currently looking into this concern and will provide you with an update shortly.

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