Polldaddy shortcode callback triggered when shortcode not present

[emmalewis]

When using the plugin in conjunction with the Polldaddy plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/polldaddy/ the polldaddy shortcode callback function in wpcom/class-amp-polldaddy-embed.php is entered even when there is no polldaddy shortcode on the page. This results in a link at the bottom of the post content with text equal to the post title and url set to https://polldaddy.com.

[westonruter]

@emmalewis what do you have in your post content to cause this problem? I can't replicate the problem.

[emmalewis]

@westonruter Nothing. We have the polldaddy plugin activated but the problem is exclusively in posts that don't have a poll in them.

[westonruter]

I have the Polldaddy plugin active on a site running v0.7.2 and I don't see any such link added to a post without a poll.

[emmalewis]

@westonruter Thanks so much for investigating. We are also on v0.7.2, you can see an example of the link being output at the bottom of this post, immediately underneath the main content. https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2017/02/10/3-of-the-toughest-questions-in-cancer-and-more-than-70-million-to-solve-them/amp/

[westonruter]

In the non-AMP version of your post, there is a Polldaddy rating embed:

This is output to the page as:

<div class="pd-rating" id="pd_rating_holder_4922776_post_15110"></div>

So that is where the link is coming from.

You probably have your Rating settings as follows:

So the quick fix is to disable ratings.

[westonruter]

A permanent fix can be found in #1621 which should be included as part of 1.0.

[emmalewis]

Great, thank you.