trouble with using a shortcode inside a shortcode

Hi Stefan,

Thanks for using Shortcoder.

I would suggest trying the below format which is very simple. Looks like you are complicating.

It makes use of “custom parameter” feature.

Custom parameters

Inserting shortcode inside attributes is tricky. WordPress is confused and fails to parse.

Create a single shortcode named maps
Put this a content

<div align="center">
<div class="gmap_canvas"><iframe id="gmap_canvas" src="https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%%city:austin%%,%%state:texas%%&t=&z=13&ie=UTF8&iwloc=&output=embed" width="100%" height="400" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no"> </iframe></div>
</div>

Here city and state are the custom parameters with default values Austin and texas. These can be changed when using the shortcode.

Now use the shortcode [sc name="maps" city="denver" state="colorado"]

That’s it!

Thanks,
Aakash

Instead of creating separate shortcodes for city and state. Any reason for this? it is better to use parameters like I mentioned. It works exactly like you want.

It does not make sense to create shortcodes for simple words.

WordPress is failing to parse like mentioned earlier. This is for any shortcode not only shortcoder.

The way I suggested is the best way to get it done.

Since shortcodes are set as attribute values parsing is not working as expected. This is not only shortcoder but for any shortcode. They will be printed as is.

Another approach I can think is, create city and state shortcode like you have now.
And for the maps shortcode follow the method I told.

Now when you want to edit the city and state names, you must edit two shortcodes (maps & city/state). This will be the trade-off.