[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #6420: shortcodes enhancement proposal

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#6420: shortcodes enhancement proposal
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 Reporter:  Ozh          |       Owner:  anonymous  
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new        
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  2.5        
Component:  General      |     Version:  2.5        
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:  2nd-opinion
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 Shortcodes currently support tags like '''[tag]'''. I think adding support
 for a more degradable '''<tag>''' would be cool.

 Reason:[[BR]]
 Say you code a plugin that uses the shortcode API and convert [foo] with
 something wicked. You add "[foo]" into all your posts. Cool.[[BR]]
 Now, if you deactivate your plugin, all your posts show "[foo]" in plain.
 Not cool.

 Using <foo> instead of [foo] is more degradable in a sense than if you
 deactivate your plugin, you just see nothing wrong, as <foo> is simply
 ignored by the browser.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6420>
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