I think I’ve finally grokked how rendering order / parsing order works - I couldn’t find a comprehensive explanation anywhere so I decided to write one. tl;dr Shortcodes are rendered inside out (children before parents) Shortcodes are rendered in random order, except if they are nested inside anot…

Explanation of rendering order

liwenyip April 28, 2017, 1:19pm 2

@rdwatters should we have something on this subject in the docs? I can draft something if you advise me on the appropriate level of detail.

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