Title: Updating Shortcode
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Updating Shortcode

 *  [jenny7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenny7/)
 * (@jenny7)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-shortcode/)
 * I’m guilty of not updating NextGen Gallery for a long time. I’ve tested the update
   on a singular wordpress site and saw that the shortcode that is pulling my album
   photos ([album=extend])didn’t work.
 * Here’s my question: How can I update the plugin on WordPress multisite and have
   the shortcode work with no additional work? There are over 500 sites so I really
   don’t want to change the shortcode manually. Please let me know if there is an
   easy way to do this.
 * Thanks.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-shortcode/#post-5320070)
 * [@jenny7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenny7/) – There is no method within
   NextGEN Gallery to change all of those Legacy shortcode structures … I’m not 
   even certain how that particular example would work in the first place as there
   is no album ID being presented.
 * It may require manually editing each entry as there is not enough details in 
   the shortcode parameters to change to a more current version, such as:
    `[album
   id=<album ID> template=extend]`
 * – Cais.
 *  Thread Starter [jenny7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenny7/)
 * (@jenny7)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-shortcode/#post-5320076)
 * Strange…my albums show using that code. I give it a try. Thanks for the feedback.
 *  Plugin Contributor [photocrati](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photocrati/)
 * (@photocrati)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-shortcode/#post-5320080)
 * [@jenny7](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jenny7/) – Also to note, it may
   be an opportunity to switch over to using the IGW if you are not able to find
   a way to make these modifications otherwise.
 * You might be able to do a “find&replace” in the database but that would be beyond
   the scope of support we offer at this time … and if that is the case, I would
   recommend moving up to at least the most current shortcode structures. You can
   read more about them here: [http://www.nextgen-gallery.com/nextgen-gallery-shortcodes/](http://www.nextgen-gallery.com/nextgen-gallery-shortcodes/)
 * Thanks!
 * – Cais.

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