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This plugin allows you to refer to a WordPress shortcode within the content of posts and pages without that shortcode being automagically expanded by WordPress. The plugin takes advantage of the fact that the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API" rel="nofollow ugc">WordPress ShortCode API</a> does not support nested shortcodes to allow this plugin’s shortcode to wrap the shortcode being documented.
<blockquote>
The shortcode parser uses a single pass on the post content. This means that if 
 the $content parameter of a shortcode handler contains another shortcode, it won’t 
 be parsed
</blockquote>
The plugin supports both the self closing <code>[shortcode]</code> and enclosing <code>[shortcode]content[/shortcode]</code> forms and supports a short form name of the shortcode, <code>[wp_scs]</code> as well as the more verbose <code>[wp_shortcode_shield]</code> form. For the sake of brevity, the remainder of this documentation will use the <code>[wp_scs]</code> short form name.
If using the self-closing form of the shortcode, you need to supply the name of the shortcode you are documenting using the <code>code</code> attribute but without using the enclosing <code>[</code> and <code>]</code> characters. This is because when parsing shortcodes, WordPress looks for the first occurrence of the ‘]’ character to terminate the shortcode. As a result of this, usage such as
<pre><code>[wp_scs code="[another-shortcode-name]"]
</code></pre>
… WordPress will use the ‘]’ character inside the <code>code</code> attribute to try and terminate the shortcode name, which is not what is desired. Instead, the plugin automagically adds the terminating ‘[‘ and ‘]’ characters to the plugin’s output, so that usage such as
<pre><code>[wp_scs code="another-shortcode-name"]
</code></pre>
… will display [another-shortcode-name] in your post’s of page’s content.
If you are using the enclosing form of the shortcode, you can either supply the shortcode to be documented with or without enclosing ‘[‘ and ‘]’ characters; if they are omitted, the plugin will add them for you, so that usage such as
<pre><code>[wp_scs][another-shortcode-name][/wp_scs]
</code></pre>
… and
<pre><code>[wp_scs]another-shortcode-name[/wp_scs]
</code></pre>
… will display the same results, namely [another-shortcode-name].
Finally a note of caution, you cannot mix the enclosing and self closing form of the plugin’s shortcode within the same post or page; this is not a limitation of the plugin, but the way in which WordPress implements the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API" rel="nofollow ugc">ShortCode API</a> …
<blockquote>
The parser does not handle mixing of enclosing and non-enclosing forms of the same 
 shortcode as you would want it to. For example, if you have:
<code>[myshortcode example='non-enclosing' /] non-enclosed content [myshortcode] enclosed content 
 [/myshortcode]</code>
Instead of being treated as two shortcodes separated by the text ” non-enclosed content “, 
 the parser treats this as a single shortcode enclosing ” non-enclosed content [myshortcode] 
 enclosed content”.
</blockquote>

WP Shortcode Shield

Allows posts and pages to easily document WordPress shortcodes without the shortcode being expanded.

Robert DeVore

DocuPress helps you create your own documentation directly within your WordPress dashboard.
Separate your articles into collections, making it easy for users to browse only the content they’re looking for.
<h3>Includes new Gutenberg block, widgets, and a shortcode</h3>
DocuPress includes a Gutenberg block to display your articles within the new WordPress editor.
Included block options:
<ul>
<li>Article Count</li>
<li>Display style (grid/list)</li>
<li>Display by Collection</li>
<li>Display or hide featured image</li>
<li>Display or hide excerpt</li>
</ul>
See the screenshots for various examples of the block in action
DocuPress also includes the <code>[docupress]</code> shortcode, making it easy to include a list of articles anywhere on your site.
Full list of shortcode options: <code>[docupress limit="99" collections="" order="" viewall="on"]</code>
DocuPress also includes 3 custom widgets:
<ul>
<li>Collections – output’s a list of every collection you create with DocuPress.</li>
<li>Recent Articles – select how many articles to display, randomize the output order and also choose which collection you’d like to display articles from.</li>
<li>Related Articles – select how many articles to display and randomize the output order in this widget that will only display when viewing a single article.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Translations</h3>
Currently, DocuPress comes prepackaged with the following translations:
<ul>
<li>English</li>
<li>Spanish</li>
<li>French</li>
<li>Italian</li>
<li>Hindi</li>
</ul>
Please <a href="https://www.deviodigital.com/contact/" rel="nofollow ugc">let us know</a> if there’s a language you’d like to see DocuPress translated to next.

DocuPress

Simple to use with a nice looking interface that blends in with the standard WordPress dashboard.

It would be nice if, in future, some extra features, specific for documentation, could be added. For example, an automatically generated index based upon content headings.

WP Shortcode Shield vs DocuPress