Problem using Elementor

@pankaj123verma

It appears the widget is able to properly pull out the H2 headlines and create the. But it appears the actual page content is not being processed so the in page links are missing.

If you are adventurous/daring you can try the next release currently under development.

https://github.com/shazahm1/Easy-Table-of-Contents/archive/master.zip

There have been some logic changes on when the page content should be parsed and in page links added. Perhaps, by chance, this will correct the issue you are running into.

If you want to give it a try, download the file and unzip it. Use FTP to overwrite the files for ezTOC in the WP plugins folder. If you do not know how to perform such a task then I definitely recommend against trying to use this version.

@pankaj123verma
Did you include the EasyTOC on the page with the Elementor Shortcode widget or auto-including it on all pages? (shortcode is [toc])

I’m using Elementor in combination with EasyTOC myself, and don’t have that issue you mention. Maybe it’s a difference in configuration that does the trick, hence my question above.

@silkogelman

Thanks! Good to know.

When I looked at their page, it had been using the ezTOC widget, not the shortcode. I could tell by looking at the page source. I do wonder if the recently released version 1.7 would have addressed this due to the logic change on whether a page should be parsed or not.

Visual page builders, in my experiences, are notorious for breaking things that should just work due to their creative methods in implementing the visual builder. I’m looking for to the release of WP with it’s own visual builder (ezTOC is already compatible ?? ). I’m hoping this will help to better standardized visual builders.

The method of using Elementor Shortcode widget + [toc] shortcode was working before, and with EasyTOC 1.7.

The main disadvantage is not being able to configure the TOC from within Elementor.

And before 1.7 including for example a H3 was only possible if H3 was enabled in the main EasyTOC settings AND in the page specific EasyTOC setting. Haven’t tested that scenario with 1.7 yet (disabling in main, enabling in page specific).
Update: Tested, works: with EasyTOC 1.7 disabling H3 in main, enabling H3 in page specific settings shows the H3 in the TOC)

• This reply was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by Sil Kogelman. Reason: added test results

@silkogelman

RE: The method of using Elementor Shortcode widget + [toc] shortcode was working before, and with EasyTOC 1.7.

I understand. Thanks for the feedback! The OP was using the ezTOC Widget — not the Shortcode Widget + [toc] shortcode.

RE: And before 1.7 including for example a H3 was only possible if H3 was enabled in the main EasyTOC settings AND in the page specific EasyTOC setting. Haven’t tested that scenario with 1.7 yet (disabling in main, enabling in page specific).
Update: Tested, works: with EasyTOC 1.7 disabling H3 in main, enabling H3 in page specific settings shows the H3 in the TOC)

Version 1.7 did indeed contain a fix for this. Thanks for confirming that the fix does indeed work!