Title: How to use shortcode
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# How to use shortcode

 *  Resolved [ragdestein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ragdestein/)
 * (@ragdestein)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-use-shortcode-1/)
 * Hi.
    I might be completely blind…. but I can’t find where it says hw to use shortcodes?
 * what should the shortcode look like in the editor ?
 * Sorry if this is obvious.
 * regards
    Rasmus
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 *  Plugin Author [Namith Jawahar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/namithjawahar/)
 * (@namithjawahar)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-use-shortcode-1/#post-5402507)
 * You can insert shortcodes into the ad areas not the other way around..
 *  Thread Starter [ragdestein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ragdestein/)
 * (@ragdestein)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-use-shortcode-1/#post-5402582)
 * Ah my bad 🙂
 * Thank you for the fast response.
 * It would be cool though if it was possible specify the location of the add more
   precisely in the posts/pages.
 * regards
    Rasmus

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-use-shortcode-1/#post-5402582)
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