Title: Shortcode doesn’t activate
Last modified: March 21, 2020

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# Shortcode doesn’t activate

 *  Resolved [toneee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toneee/)
 * (@toneee)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-activate/)
 * My theme is using WP Bakery Page Builder (formerly Visual Composer) and I used
   a standard text or HTML module to insert the following Blog Designer Pack shortcode:
   `[
   bdp_cat_grid category="25" show_category="false" content_words_limit="40" limit
   ="8"]`
 * The code simply shows up instead of the blog posts. I also tried [bdp_cat_grid]
   without anything but it still doesn’t work. I even tried disabling the page builder.
   Your shortcode isn’t working usng WordPress version 5.3.2. Any thoughts?

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 *  Plugin Author [pluginandplay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pluginandplay/)
 * (@pluginandplay)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-activate/#post-12567309)
 * Hi [@toneee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toneee/)
 * Thanks for the detailed information.
 * Sorry, lite version does not include category grid or slider feature. This shortcode`[
   bdp_cat_grid]` is not available in lite version.

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-activate/#post-12567309)
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