Title: shortcode doesn't work, while widget does
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# shortcode doesn't work, while widget does

 *  Resolved [yunaus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yunaus/)
 * (@yunaus)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-while-widget-does/)
 * Hi, I am using join-my-multisite plugin.
 * When I use shortcode-[join-this-site] in a page or footer area, and after I click
   the button it never add my username to the site.
 * I am using multisite, and I registered in subsite1, for example and logged in,
   then moved to another subsite2 and click the button [Join This Site] it never
   add my username to site2.
    But the weird thing is this:if I use the widget [Join
   My Site Widget] and I click Join button in the widget, it works.
 * What have I done something wrong? How can I fix it??
    Thanks.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/join-my-multisite/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/join-my-multisite/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-while-widget-does/#post-4385321)
 * What are the options you picked on the setup page?
 * What OTHER plugins are you running?
 * What’s your theme?
 *  Thread Starter [yunaus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yunaus/)
 * (@yunaus)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-while-widget-does/#post-4385441)
 * Join My Multisite Settings options is this:
    – Membership : Manual – Registration:
   Per-site is checked on – I’ve chosen redirected page and it has shortcodes, which
   are [join-my-multisite] and [join-this-site] as well. – New User Default Role:
   Subscriber
 * Plugins I use: I’m using many plugins ..
    === Network plugins activated: 1. Delete
   Me 2. Join My Multisite 3. Login Logo 4. Remove Email Verification 5. Set Password
   on WordPress Multisite Blog Creation 6. WPMU DEV Dashboard === subsite plugins
   activated: 1. Advanced Excerpt 2. CodeStyling Localization 3. Contact Form 7 
   4. Events Manager 5. Juiz Social Post Sharer 6. Members 7. NextGEN Gallery by
   Photocrati 8. Photoswipe for NextGEN Gallery 9. Slide-In 10. WP-Polls That’s 
   it.
 * My themes are:
    Metromobile, Touch, Pocket, My Mobile Page V3 WordPress Theme
   and so on. I am using different theme for each subsites and the shortcode of 
   your plugin doesn’t work in every themes of my subsites but your widget works
   well.
 * Thanks.
 *  Plugin Author [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-while-widget-does/#post-4385442)
 * >  I’ve chosen redirected page and it has shortcodes, which are [join-my-multisite]
   > and [join-this-site] as well.
 * Well that had a funny error. Fixed that 🙂 I never planned for anyone to use 
   it that way, but I can see why you might. The registration page is not meant 
   to ALSO be a ‘join this site’ page. Still it’s logical, so I fixed one small 
   bug.
 * > When I use shortcode-[join-this-site] in a page or footer area, and after I
   > click the button it never add my username to the site.
 * So back to that. Yep broken! Figured out why. Will be patched tonight!
 * > I am using different theme for each subsites and the shortcode of your plugin
   > doesn’t work in every themes of my subsites
 * Which themes does it work on, which ones doesn’t it? I’m curious to know if they’re
   doing something odd. I tested it on the last three default themes, Theme Hybrid
   and StudioPress’ Genesis Theme.
 *  Thread Starter [yunaus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yunaus/)
 * (@yunaus)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-while-widget-does/#post-4385445)
 * Thank you so much about your quick fix. After I updated your plugin to 1.7.3,
   it works on all subsites.
    (For your curiosity, the shortcode with your plugin
   didn’t work in all of those themes but now it works well with all of my themes
   after updating.) thanks, again.
 *  Plugin Author [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-while-widget-does/#post-4385446)
 * Yay! I’m a superhero! 🙂

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