I’m inserting a tracker shortcode into the main page.
However, I read that shortcodes are already outdated and work quite slowly.
What is the shortcodes alternative ?
Is there a more modern way to paste Guttenberg blocks?

[@robin-w Moderator 2 years, 6 months ago]

However, I read that shortcodes are already outdated and work quite slowly.

where did you read this?

[@neon67 Participant 2 years, 6 months ago]

On reddit ))))) Are these rumors?
Okay, what’s the best way integrate bbpress with Guttenberg’ blocks today?
Only shortcodes or some other method…

[@robin-w Moderator 2 years, 6 months ago]

So is this one article, or many, is it written by someone with expert knowledge or does it cite some authority?

reddit is just people chatting, so without anything more substantive, I can’t say, I’ve seen nothing.

Shortcodes just execute the same code that a block would, just with a different initiation, so hard to see how anyone can say they are slow.

There’s a flat earth community on reddit as well 🙂

[@neon67 Participant 2 years, 6 months ago]

Good.
I’m glad that shortcuts still work great in Gutenberg and special blocks aren’t to need 🙂

[@robin-w Moderator 2 years, 6 months ago]

🙂 not as far as I know – many thousands of plugins use shortcodes, and WP would create massive issues if they stopped them.