Title: Duplicate names
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Duplicate names

 *  [IainPurdie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iainpurdie/)
 * (@iainpurdie)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-names-2/)
 * It’s possible to create two shortcodes with the same name. As far as I can tell,
   the one created first is the one used. But it would be nice if the program checked
   for a duplicate name and either stopped you or, perhaps, offered the option of
   over-writing.
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