Title: Shortcodes not working
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Shortcodes not working

 *  [boxcandy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/boxcandy/)
 * (@boxcandy)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-54/)
 * I’m trying to add posts to a page but twenty fourteen doesn’t seem to accept 
   my shortcode. I’m simply trying to display the posts from a category on a page
   using the shortcode from the codex:
 * [display-posts category=”youtube” posts_per_page=”20″]
 * Any ideas why this doesn’t work?

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-54/#post-5180333)
 * what plugin are you using for the shortcode?
 * if it is this one [http://wordpress.org/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/description/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/description/),
   please post in the corresponding support forum at [http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/display-posts-shortcode](http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/display-posts-shortcode)

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-54/#post-5180333)
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