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Menu editor shortcode field missing or broken

The shortcode field disappears or stops working in the menu editor after WordPress updates, so owners cannot add or edit items.

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

4 public reports · first reported 16 November 2021 · last reported 16 January 2024

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

After WordPress updates, owners find that the shortcode field no longer appears in the menu editor, or that the Add to Menu button does nothing once a shortcode is typed in.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 4 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.