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Fix: "not passed the snippet ID" Error in Woody Snippets ​

This article explains why Woody displays a "not passed the snippet ID" warning on the front end and how to repair the broken shortcode or block reference causing it.

Troubleshooting: "not passed the snippet ID" error ​

If a red message such as [wbcr_php_snippet]: PHP snippets error (not passed the snippet ID) appears on the front end (the [wbcr_html_snippet] and other snippet types show the same warning), the shortcode or block could not be matched to a valid snippet. This happens when:

  • The shortcode has no id attribute, or the id is empty.
  • The id points to a snippet that has been deleted.
  • The id points to a snippet of a different type — for example, an HTML snippet's ID used inside a [wbcr_php_snippet] shortcode.

The numeric id is what links a shortcode to its snippet. The title attribute is only a label for your own reference, so a shortcode without a valid id always shows this warning even when the title is correct.

📝 Note: A snippet's ID is fixed when the snippet is created. If you delete and recreate a snippet, the new snippet gets a new ID, and any shortcode still using the old ID shows this warning.

To repair a broken reference:

  1. Go to Woody Snippets in the WordPress admin menu and open the snippet you want to display.
  2. Copy its current shortcode, or note its numeric ID.
  3. Edit the page, post, widget, template, or page-builder element that contains the broken shortcode or block.
  4. Replace the old reference with the current one — for example [wbcr_php_snippet id="XXXX"] — using the matching shortcode for HTML, text, or CSS snippets.
  5. If the snippet no longer exists, either recreate it and update the reference to the new ID, or remove the orphaned shortcode or block.
  6. Save your changes, clear any caching plugin or server cache, and reload the page to confirm the warning is gone.

To find references that may still point to a missing snippet, search your content for wbcr_php_snippet and wbcr_html_snippet, and check Woody snippet blocks used in posts, pages, widgets, templates, and page builders.

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