Title: Display Shortcode in Excepts
Last modified: February 7, 2018

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# Display Shortcode in Excepts

 *  [Bam Bam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bam-bam/)
 * (@bam-bam)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-shortcode-in-excepts/)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for the nice plugin, not sure this is really your problem, but I am a 
   complete numpty when it comes to php and I have spent many hours researching 
   and trying to solve this problem and I just can’t.
 * I have so far gotten to the point where I have added the code below to my funtions.
   php file in the child theme and from everything I have read it should work, but
   it doesn’t ??
 *     ```
       add_filter('the_excerpt', 'shortcode_unautop');
       add_filter('the_excerpt', 'do_shortcode');
       add_filter('get_the_excerpt', 'do_shortcode',5 );
       ```
   
 * The last line of the code above has gotten me to the point where the actual shortcode
   no longer displays and there is a blank space where it should be, but no countdown
   clock ??
 * I am using the Twenty Seventeen theme if that helps at all, I would be eternally
   grateful for any help you can give me with this problem.
 * Kindest Regards
    Bam Bam
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fdisplay-shortcode-in-excepts%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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