Title: Shortcodes not working
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Shortcodes not working

 *  Resolved [scorcher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scorcher/)
 * (@scorcher)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-23/)
 * I want to use a shortcode, defined in my theme’s function file, in the invoice
   description. It just outputs the shortcode as it is and doesn’t process it. Any
   way to solve this please?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-invoice/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-invoice/)

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 *  Thread Starter [scorcher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scorcher/)
 * (@scorcher)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-23/#post-3702683)
 * Update: I was nesting the shortcodes and somehow didn’t know that I was doing
   it wrong so they were not working. Solved this by calling do_shortcode() on $
   content in all the shortcodes defined.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API#Nested_Shortcodes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API#Nested_Shortcodes)

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