Title: Shortcode not working
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Shortcode not working

 *  [John Halflord](https://wordpress.org/support/users/honsi/)
 * (@honsi)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-101/)
 * Hi,
 * i added new shortcode with behavior set as insert custom code and html language
   and some html code.
    but when i enter the [my-shortcode] code in a wordpress 
   page it does not show the html code. it displays just [my-shortcode].
 * what am i doing wrong?
    thanks
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 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-101/)
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