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Shortcode validation checklist — new syntax, for live testing

Paste sections of this into a WordPress test page (Paragraph or Custom HTML block) and check the rendered result against the label. Each line shows the same shortcode twice, separated by::: the first copy is in double square brackets ([[tag]]), WordPress’s escape convention, so it prints as literal text — that’s the code you’re checking. The second copy is in normal single square brackets ([tag]), so it actually executes and shows the live value right next to it. Nothing needs stripping or editing before pasting.

Scenario used throughout, matching the editor guide’s own worked examples so results are cross-checkable: 5-year fixed, $500,000 price, $100,000 down, 25-year amortization unless a row says otherwise.

Market type — every location

Part 1 — Mortgage calculator shortcodes

1.1 Every base tag, canonical scenario

1.2 Every suffix (ending), on payment

Same ten endings apply to interest, principal, paid, balance, rate_value and income_needed too — min_down has no endings at all (see the editor guide, 4.6).

1.3 Every change-output style, on payment_change_yoy

1.4 down=”min” vs. a dollar figure — should match the min_down value above

1.5 price/down vs. amount — deliberately different results, per the editor guide (4.1)

1.6 income_needed and location — currently a no-op

location is documented as feeding income_needed‘s property-tax lookup, but property tax isn’t factored in on the live site yet — every location currently returns the same figure for an identical scenario, so a location-by-location sweep here would just repeat one number 37 times. Skipped for now; worth revisiting once property tax ships. One spot-check, to confirm that’s still true today:

Part 2 — Housing market shortcodes

2.1 Every base tag, composite, Canada

2.2 Every type, Canada

2.3 Every accepted location, composite type

Confirms which regions currently have composite-price data.

2.4 Dating a figure

2.5 snlr — every combination: the ratio, the market label, and the change

output=”market” is confirmed as the correct attribute — no text_ prefix. It works only with type="snlr"; anything else renders nothing.

The ratio itself, Canada:

The market label, several locations and periods:

Untested combination — does output=”market” survive on a change tag, or does the change-format win?

Should render nothing — market label only works on snlr:

2.6 Every change-output style, on housing_change_yoy

Part 3 — Market classification, every location

The mechanics are covered in 2.5. This sweeps every accepted location once, so you can see at a glance which ones actually have snlr data published right now.

If a row shows nothing: that’s the shortcode’s normal empty-string behaviour for a missing attribute, an unpublished month, or a region with no data for that type — not necessarily a bug. Note which ones are empty; that’s exactly what today’s pass is for.