Prevent wordpress from rendering shortcode in post

Question

Suppose I have a [list] shortcode. I want to have a post explaining how to use shortcodes (docs for my theme). How can I have a header like

[list type="arrow"] Shortcode Tag

Currently wordpress will mess it up converting [list type="arrow"] into invalid HTML

possible duplicate of how to show the syntaxis of a shortcode — Jan Fabry
– Jan Fabry, Commented May 17, 2011 at 7:10
I think the argument is valid. I think one of the reasons why shortcode is simpler for non developers is its better documented in themes and more visible in the editors. WordPress shld add a hook for its editors to allow theme developers to add CSS Classes into the WordPress editor for users to select/view — Jiew Meng
– Jiew Meng, Commented May 17, 2011 at 7:35
This is already possible, see my answer with a complete example. — Jan Fabry
– Jan Fabry, Commented May 17, 2011 at 14:22

Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-15 08:21:38Z

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This is very similar to this question where Jan had given us all a great lesson :)

just use double brackets, WordPress will not execute the shortcode but just display it with single brackets.

so your header would be [[list type="arrow"]]

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answered May 17, 2011 at 5:49

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