Title: Shortcodes break pages
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Shortcodes break pages

 *  Resolved [PositechWP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/positechwp/)
 * (@positechwp)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-break-pages/)
 * Problem seems to be pretty straightforward.
 * I’m trying to upload a site index using the custom menu widget onto a page on
   our company’s website. To do so, I’ve had to use plugins which allow you to put
   widgets onto pages. Every time I do that, I have to use a shortcode which then
   breaks the page.
 * To get an idea of what I’m getting at, I’ve included a screenshot of what happens
   when I insert a shortcode into the page.
 * [screenshot](http://i.imgur.com/yr6s1MR.png)
 * Any ideas as to why it might do that? Is it the theme? Is it the plugins? I’m
   guessing it’s the theme we use, but not entirely sure.
 * Any help in this regard or any suggestions on an easier way to insert a widget
   into a page?

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-break-pages/#post-6763536)
 * > Any ideas as to why it might do that? Is it the theme?
 * To find out any plugin/theme specific issue, have you tried:
 * – deactivating ALL (yes all) plugins temporarily to see if this resolves the 
   problem (plugin functions can interfere). If this works, re-activate them individually(
   one-by-one) to find the problematic plugin(s).
    – switching to the unedited default
   Twenty Fifteen theme for a moment using the WP dashboard to rule out any theme-
   specific issue (theme functions can interfere like plugins).
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-break-pages/#post-6763567)
 * what theme are you using?
    what plugin(s) are you using for the shortcode? what
   shortcode exactly are you using?
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Include_as_Much_Information_as_Possible](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Include_as_Much_Information_as_Possible)
 *  Thread Starter [PositechWP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/positechwp/)
 * (@positechwp)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-break-pages/#post-6763622)
 * Our company uses the Infoway Pro Responsive Theme….which I think is a premium
   theme?
 * I have deactivated all plug-ins before for other issues, but this one still comes
   up. I thought I had it fixed with the Formidable plugin in where I was running
   into this same exact problem. I deactivated the Beaver Builder plugin and the
   forms worked. I had hoped it’d be the same for this problem.
 * I tried multiple plugins, which I have since deactivated only because it was 
   causing the page to look like the screenshot. I think the different plugins I
   used were:
 * amr shortcode any widget
 * Widgets on Pages
 * and I feel like I tried another but I must have deleted it from my plugins altogether.
 * The shortcode at least for widgets on pages was : [widgets_on_pages]
 * The amr shortcode one I think was like: [do_widget id=widgetid11]
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-break-pages/#post-6763633)
 * – These forums are for free themes available in the WordPress theme directory
   at wordpress.org/themes/. So please contact the developer/vendor directly for
   support with your question. You’ll be more likely to find a good answer from 
   them, for they have the access to its code. Forum volunteers are not given access
   to commercial products, so they would not know why your /custom/commercial theme
   or plugin is not working properly. The developers/vendors are responsible for
   supporting their custom/commercial product. See [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Commercial_Products](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Commercial_Products)
 *  Thread Starter [PositechWP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/positechwp/)
 * (@positechwp)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-break-pages/#post-6763642)
 * I’ve tried before contacting them on a different issue and all I got was unrelated
   junk mail from them…so I guess I could try again.

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 * Last reply from: [PositechWP](https://wordpress.org/support/users/positechwp/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-break-pages/#post-6763642)
 * Status: resolved

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