What is this format called (nested shortcodes)?

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When using plugins and commercial themes in WordPress, it’s not uncommon to meet code like this:

[one_half]
    [service_box]
        <h1>Title:</h1>
        <ul>
            <li>blah...</li>
            <li>blah...</li>
            <li>blah...</li>
        </ul>
    [/service_box]
[/one_half]
[one_half_last]
     Something more irrelevant here
[/one_half_last]

Does this thing have a name in the WordPress jargon?

1 Answer
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I would use the phrase

Nested Shortcodes

to describe it.

You can find many questions using that phrase here on WPSE.

The Codex also uses it, for example here:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API#Nested_Shortcodes

Since the shortcodes in your example are related to the layout, we could perhaps call it:

Nested Layout Shortcodes

to be more specific.

If you have another phrase in mind, or a better suggestion, please share it with us.

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