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1. s2aebelt
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   cannot get any shortcodes to display on my site. i'm trying to install a simple contact form. did all the common sense stuff.

   - disabled all plugins except the contact form to see if there were any conflicts
   - tried different shortcodes to see if i could duplicate the problem. no shortcodes worked on my site.
   - reinstalled plugin
   - added shortcode in html view

   i have googled the topic and went tons of pages on this forum, but none seem to answer my question.

   i am using a standalone 2.7.1 wp install. it uses the wordpress unlimited theme (wpunlimited). link to non-working contact form http://brandbuildsell.com/contact/

   are shortcodes only used for hosted versions of wp? do i need to add coding to the function.php page to enable shortcodes for my theme?

   this issue has really got me confused. any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance!

2. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Does pointing out that the plugin must support shortcodes apply?

3. s2aebelt
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   hi micheal,

   yes the plugin supports shortcodes ... i have been trying to use contact form 7 and easy contact form and both support them. i added the codes and neither worked. i also tried a few other plugins and shortcodes, none worked, so i'm thinking its my theme ... but i really have no idea.

   i will try to change my theme and see what happens.

4. tommix
   Member
   Posted 3 months ago #

   shortcodes works only if in php file, like in single.php page.php you see <?php the_content(); ?> - it calls apply_filters function.

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