Title: shortcodes
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# shortcodes

 *  [colin73](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colin73/)
 * (@colin73)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-1/)
 * How the blinking heck do you use short codes?
 * For a start, the reason I’m here and I’m using WordPress is because I’m not a
   programmer. The help system says there is an new feature where you can just type
   in e.g. [contact-form] and the magical gadget shotcode will create you a form?
   But they don’t then tell you where you have to type in [contact-form]…. it’s 
   sort of like leading you to the gateway of all you desire and then — not letting
   you in! arrrghhhhhhhh.
 * Any help much appreciated please — can you just type this into the HTML portion
   of your blog content or do I need learn how to edit PHP files?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-1/#post-1353552)
 * You add shortcodes to your page or post content area. However, in some case (
   such as a contact form) you’ll need to install and activate an appropriate plugin
   first. Then use the shortcode that your plugin requires.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-1/#post-1353552)
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