Special requirements for attachments?

The [attached] shortcode works with standard attachments, and doesn’t need any other plugin to function – so the code you wrote above should be working. I’ll check and see if it’s working on my end.

To confirm, the code you wrote is in the same page where the attachments are?

Also, just in case, do you have any other plugins that could be doing something with attachments?

Yes, the code is in the page where the attachments.

I deactivated the WP Attachment plugin –although I’ve installed it after I noticed the [attached] shortcode wasn’t working on my page; no change.

I also deactivated all shortcodes-related plugins and the code still shows “no att”, meaning it doesn’t see any attachment.

The page HTML source code doesn’t show any class that could be attachment-related.
For images, <img> tags have a “wp-image-xxx” class and <a> have a “hasimg” class.
For PDF links, <a> have no class whatsoever. But maybe that’s normal?

Ch.

I keep investigating –working for a client, so it needs to work! =)

I’ve copied-pasted the “if post has attachment” code from the documentation in a test post, and some attachments are correctly identified, some aren’t.
Basically, the attachments who appear are on posts created last week. Attachments on posts I’m currently working on don’t show up.

So I’ve just set a new feature image on a previous post that didn’t have any image in it, and the attachment is not identified in the aforementioned test post. When I display the post itself, the <img> tag has the correct classes: "attachment-full wp-post-image".

Any idea?
Ch.

Okay, I found something new:

– attachments only show up when I actually upload a new file via the Media browser; if I select a file already on the server, [attached] doesn’t recognize it as attachment;

– it doesn’t work with files that are not images –such as PDF.

Is this normal behavior and is there a way to make [attached] work with PDF files?

Ch.

Me again, and this should be my last message in this topic since I finally got it working!

My previous statement was true when I said that we need to actually upload a file using the Media browser to make it an attachment to the post. Selecting a file already uploaded doesn’t work –in that case, it’s just a link.

However, my second statement was wrong: it also works for PDF files; I simply made a mistake in the code.

Thanks for this fantastic plugin, it deserves to go in the top 5 of the greatest WordPress plugins ever!

Best,
Ch.

Thank you for the update and confirming that it’s working.

Selecting a file already uploaded doesn’t work –in that case, it’s just a link.

Interesting point that a file must be uploaded to the post to be attached to it. It makes sense, but on the other hand, it might not be intuitive – if two posts need to share the same attachment, only one can have it actually attached. I’ll make a note of this in the documentation, and see if there’s a way to improve it.

Thanks for your feedback.

I also noticed that if I uploaded a feature image to a post then later removed it and uploaded a new one, [attached] finds both images as attachments.

Ch.