Title: shortcode not working
Last modified: October 9, 2016

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# shortcode not working

 *  Resolved [kevinjh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinjh/)
 * (@kevinjh)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-127/)
 * I am new to WordPress, just looking for a book library/archive system to suit
   my needs.
 * I installed the Book Review Library plugin initially but have since disabled 
   that and am now trying the Web Librarian plugin.
 * I haven’t really done anything with Web Librarian yet other than create a librarian
   user and a static home page with the shortcode [weblib-searchform]. However the
   shortcode displays as is and does not show the search form. (Shortcodes did work
   in Book Review Library).
 * I’m running WordPress 4.6.1 , the TwentySixteen theme and PHP 5.6.26
 * I would appreciate any advice on how to resolve this.
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by [kevinjh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinjh/).
      Reason: corrected typo

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 *  Thread Starter [kevinjh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinjh/)
 * (@kevinjh)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-127/#post-8268628)
 * I should also add that it doesn’t make any difference which browser i use.
 *  Plugin Author [Robert Heller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robertpheller/)
 * (@robertpheller)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-127/#post-8268693)
 * My only suggestion is to switch out of “visual editor” mode. I’m guessing that
   somehow the brackets are getting converted to HTML entities and/or the shortcodes
   are being embeded in some HTML markup or something like that.
 *  Thread Starter [kevinjh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinjh/)
 * (@kevinjh)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-127/#post-8279336)
 * Robert, many thanks for responding.
 * Mea culpa! I had typed [weblib-searchform] instead of [weblib_searchform] (I 
   used a dash instead of an underscore)

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 * Last reply from: [kevinjh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinjh/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-127/#post-8279336)
 * Status: resolved