Title: Only shortcode showing
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Only shortcode showing

 *  Resolved [Mortium](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mortium/)
 * (@mortium)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/only-shortcode-showing-1/)
 * Hi,
 * When I use the shortcode, no table is generated upon viewing my post.
 * [http://wardragons-strategy.com/2015/12/29/conquer-event-the-numbers/](http://wardragons-strategy.com/2015/12/29/conquer-event-the-numbers/)
 * Any ideas?
 * I have deactivated all plugins and I’ve just switched over to the twenty fourteen
   theme to try and make things simple.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/)

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 *  [Bob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobschecter/)
 * (@bobschecter)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/only-shortcode-showing-1/#post-6888821)
 * Have you placed the short-code in the “Text” area, not the “Visual” area?
 *  Thread Starter [Mortium](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mortium/)
 * (@mortium)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/only-shortcode-showing-1/#post-6888879)
 * Hi Bob, I have tried it both ways. For the moment, I’m living with an image of
   the spreadsheet but it’s not my preferred option.
 *  [Bob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bobschecter/)
 * (@bobschecter)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/only-shortcode-showing-1/#post-6888891)
 * You should set the table up on a page that’s not available to your viewers and
   post the url so Tobias can take a look at what is/isn’t working.
 *  Thread Starter [Mortium](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mortium/)
 * (@mortium)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/only-shortcode-showing-1/#post-6888927)
 * [http://wardragons-strategy.com/tablepress/](http://wardragons-strategy.com/tablepress/)
 * Just did a simple 5×5 table and inserted the shortcode.
 * Nothing showing, just the shortcode.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/only-shortcode-showing-1/#post-6888968)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
    Also, sorry for the long wait
   for a reply. As a I was on a long vacation without internet access the last couple
   weeks, I could not reply earlier.
 * That’s really strange. If possible, I’d like to take a direct look at this on
   your site. Could you therefore please create a temporary admin account for me
   and send me the details via email (the address is in the main plugin file “tablepress.
   php”)? That way, I can investigate this directly. Thanks!
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [Mortium](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mortium/)
 * (@mortium)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/only-shortcode-showing-1/#post-6888969)
 * Done
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/only-shortcode-showing-1/#post-6888970)
 * Hi,
 * thanks a lot! I was able to log in and could verify the problem.
 * From what I can see, this is somehow caused by an issue of how your site is set-
   up with WordPress being in a subfolder (…/wp/). Something is not working correctly
   with that or is misconfigured somehow.
    For some reason, plugins (like TablePress)
   are only working in the wp-admin, but not on the frontend. This is the reason
   why the Shortcode is not executed.
 * Unfortunately, I could not find a good fix or workaround for this 🙁 I can only
   suggest that you re-install WordPress, but not in a subfolder but directly in
   the main directory. Could you maybe try that?
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [Mortium](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mortium/)
 * (@mortium)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/only-shortcode-showing-1/#post-6888971)
 * I don’t think that will be possible as it is a new site and the root directory
   is my business page.
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/only-shortcode-showing-1/#post-6888972)
 * Hi,
 * ok. Unless there are any file names with the same name, that should not be a 
   problem.
 * Alternatively, you could also check if the installation in the subdirectory is
   really correct, especially the step with moving the index.php and the .htaccess
   file.
    In the current state, I’m pretty sure that you’ll continue running into
   plugin issues. I’m afraid.
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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