Title: shortcode echo to return problem
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# shortcode echo to return problem

 *  [seemon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seemon/)
 * (@seemon)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-echo-to-return-problem/)
 * Hi all!
    I’m using a plugin called wp-contacts, code at pastebin [here](http://pastebin.com/QcMsUYNV).
 * My problem is that when using it’s shortcodes (contactdir_directory and contactdir_addform)
   the output is echoed so the contents is placed above everything else on the page.
 * I’ve searched the forum and came across a few posts saying you should use “return”
   instead of “echo” but since I’m not a programmer and the plugin is not developed
   by me I’m having trouble modifying the plugin.
 * Any help would be appreciated!

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 * [output](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/output/)
 * [return](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/return/)
 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [seemon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seemon/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-echo-to-return-problem/)
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