Title: Shortcake (Shortcode UI) Richtext
Author: Mike Crantea
Published: <strong>August 26, 2016</strong>
Last modified: March 24, 2018

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# Shortcake (Shortcode UI) Richtext

 By [Mike Crantea](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mihai2u/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/shortcode-ui-richtext.zip)

 * [Details](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-ui-richtext/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-ui-richtext/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-ui-richtext/#installation)
 * [Development](https://test.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-ui-richtext/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/shortcode-ui-richtext/)

## Description

This plug-in extends on the capabilities of [Shortcake (Shortcode UI)](https://en.wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-ui/)
by adding rich text editing capabilities to textarea inputs in the Shortcake interface,
when the specific textarea constructors contain the shortcake-richtext class name.

It uses [TinyMCE](https://www.tinymce.com).

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * This screenshot shows a rich text enabled textarea in the Shortcake interface.

## Installation

You need the latest version of of [Shortcake (Shortcode UI)] installed and activated.

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/shortcode-ui-richtext` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
 3. Add the meta class option to the textarea input type of an existing shortcake register_for_shortcode
    call.
 4. Due to the possibility of the user entered content to contain special characters
    like [, ] and “, it is highly recommended to turn on the encode flag as well.
     `
    php 'encode' => true, 'meta' => array( 'class' => 'shortcake-richtext', ),

## FAQ

  Installation Instructions

You need the latest version of of [Shortcake (Shortcode UI)] installed and activated.

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/shortcode-ui-richtext` directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
 3. Add the meta class option to the textarea input type of an existing shortcake register_for_shortcode
    call.
 4. Due to the possibility of the user entered content to contain special characters
    like [, ] and “, it is highly recommended to turn on the encode flag as well.
     `
    php 'encode' => true, 'meta' => array( 'class' => 'shortcake-richtext', ),

  How does an example rich textarea input element shortcake register code looks 
like?

This is a default shortcode with a single textarea:

    ```
    `php
    ```

shortcode_ui_register_for_shortcode( ‘shortcode_name’,
 array( ‘label’ => esc_html__(‘
Shortcode Name’, ‘namespace’ ), ‘listItemImage’ => ‘dashicons-text’, ‘attrs’ => 
array( array( ‘label’ => esc_html__( ‘Text Element’, ‘namespace’ ), ‘attr’ => ‘text_element’,‘
type’ => ‘textarea’, ), ), ) ); `

This is the same code with the richtext capability added in on the text_element:

    ```
    `php
    ```

shortcode_ui_register_for_shortcode( ‘shortcode_name’,
 array( ‘label’ => esc_html__(‘
Shortcode Name’, ‘namespace’ ), ‘listItemImage’ => ‘dashicons-text’, ‘attrs’ => 
array( array( ‘label’ => esc_html__( ‘Text Element’, ‘namespace’ ), ‘attr’ => ‘text_element’,‘
type’ => ‘textarea’, ‘encode’ => true, ‘meta’ => array( ‘class’ => ‘shortcake-richtext’,),),),));`

Outputting requires decoding, and since Shortcake uses url encoding, the attribute
powered by the rich text editor needs to be urldecoded before rendering its contents,
like in the following example using the `urldecode` [function](http://php.net/manual/ro/function.urldecode.php):

    ```
    `php
    ```

function shortcode_name( $atts ) {
 extract( shortcode_atts( array( ‘text_element’
=> ”, ), $atts )); return ‘

‘ . urldecode( $text_element ) . ‘

‘;
 } `

  This doesn’t work although I added the class according to the instructions. Am
I missing anything?

Before submitting a report on the [GitHub Issue tracker](https://github.com/xwp/wp-shortcode-ui-richtext/issues),
please ensure the issue you are experiencing does not exist with using the latest
Shortcake (Shortcode UI) version downloaded from their own [GitHub repository](https://github.com/wp-shortcake/shortcake).

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Shortcake (Shortcode UI) Richtext” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Mike Crantea ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mihai2u/)
 *   [ XWP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xwp/)
 *   [ Ben Greeley ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bengreeley/)

[Translate “Shortcake (Shortcode UI) Richtext” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/shortcode-ui-richtext)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcode-ui-richtext/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/shortcode-ui-richtext/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/shortcode-ui-richtext/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/shortcode-ui-richtext/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.1 (August 19, 2016)

Initial release.

#### 0.2 (October 3, 2016)

Modified SummerNote default configuration to initialise a toolbar which is more 
WordPress-friendly.
 Added more examples to the readme. Ads default rich text editing
to the shortcode inner_content.

#### 1.0 (April 25, 2017)

Replaced SummerNote by highly requested TinyMCE for a familiar WordPress experience.

#### 1.1 (September 11, 2017)

“Add Media” button is now present next to the TinyMCE editor.

#### 1.2 (March 15, 2018)

Fixes issues with multiple editors on page and timing issues with initialising and
unloading TinyMCE.

#### 1.3 (March 24, 2018)

Fix active editor modal bug occurring when multiple fields had editors.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.3**
 *  Last updated **8 years ago**
 *  Active installations **200+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-ui-richtext/)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Mike Crantea ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mihai2u/)
 *   [ XWP ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/xwp/)
 *   [ Ben Greeley ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bengreeley/)

## Support

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