Title: Shortcode doesn't work
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Shortcode doesn't work

 *  Resolved [milasking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/milasking/)
 * (@milasking)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-6/)
 * I tried to use the short code in a post [short_code\], and it doesn’t show up.
   Am I support to type anything else besides that one word? I have facebook selected
   for the shortcode tab but it doesn’t show in the post.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/social-sharing-toolkit/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/social-sharing-toolkit/)

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 *  [miroslav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miroslav/)
 * (@miroslav)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-6/#post-3780075)
 * The shortcode uses a forward slash “/” not a backward one as in your post above.
   Could that be the problem?
 *  [JeffGreenhouse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffgreenhouse/)
 * (@jeffgreenhouse)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-6/#post-3780077)
 * I think I found the solution to this. In the main social-sharing-toolkit.php 
   file, the very last line of the share_shortcode function reads:
 *  return $bookmarks;
 * but this function executes by itself when called via the WP shortcode, so you
   need to change it to read:
 *  echo $bookmarks;
 * That fixed it for me.
 *  Plugin Author [LinksAlpha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linksalpha/)
 * (@linksalpha)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-6/#post-3780078)
 * We are not able to replicate the issue on our end. As [@miroslav](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miroslav/)
   indicated, you need to use [short_code/] instead of [short_code\] and that should
   resolve the issue.
 * @ JeffGreenhouse Thank you for the suggestion. But echo leads to some placement
   issues with respect to the content.

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 * Last reply from: [LinksAlpha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linksalpha/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-6/#post-3780078)
 * Status: resolved