Title: Shortcode isn’t pulling up form
Last modified: July 31, 2017

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# Shortcode isn’t pulling up form

 *  Resolved [wplion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wplion/)
 * (@wplion)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-isnt-pulling-up-form/)
 * I have a basic contact form on my front page in a widget area. It has always 
   worked since I started the website a few months ago. Then I added another page
   and added the form in a div at the bottom. When I went back to the front page
   it displayed the shortcode instead of the from, although the form still appears
   on the additional page. After messing with it for a while I decided to duplicate
   the form and use it on the front page, but the widget still just shows the shortcode.
   Any idea how to fix this?
    front page: [http://bristleconestudio.com/](http://bristleconestudio.com/)
 * page with form appearing: [http://bristleconestudio.com/testimonials/](http://bristleconestudio.com/testimonials/)

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 *  Thread Starter [wplion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wplion/)
 * (@wplion)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-isnt-pulling-up-form/#post-9370338)
 * NEXT DAY: I changed the text widget to a Ninja Forms widget and it works now,
   but it had been working for months with a text widget. If somebody could explain
   what messed it up I would appreciate it.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Zach Skaggs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpnzach/)
 * (@wpnzach)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-isnt-pulling-up-form/#post-9380725)
 * By default, WordPress doesn’t process shortcodes in text widgets (though some
   very popular plugins enabled this functionality). Some recent changes to WordPress
   core may have altered this behavior, but no changes were made on the Ninja Forms
   side regarding shortcode rendering.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Zach Skaggs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpnzach/)
 * (@wpnzach)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-isnt-pulling-up-form/#post-9380726)
 * Please note that we only check these forums about once a week, so if you have
   any more questions and need assistance, please reach out to us at [https://ninjaforms.com/contact/](https://ninjaforms.com/contact/)
   for faster assistance!

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 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Zach Skaggs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpnzach/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-isnt-pulling-up-form/#post-9380726)
 * Status: resolved