Title: shortcodes not working
Last modified: October 31, 2019

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# shortcodes not working

 *  [genpanda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/genpanda/)
 * (@genpanda)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-155/)
 * I was following the directions on the plugin page regarding implementing shortcodes
   to translate however it does not seem to work. The shortcode is as follows:
 * `[wpm_translate][:en]Product description[:fr]Description du produit[:][wpm_translate]`
 * It just displays the code plainly. I’ve also tried the following:
 *     ```
       [wpm_translate lang="en"]Product description[/wpm_translate]
       [wpm_translate lang="fr"]Description du produit[/wpm_translate]
       ```
   
 * To check to see if this would work however, it displays both language translations.
 * Can someone help to look into this for a fix? The concept itself would be very
   useful especially on visual editors.

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-155/)
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