Title: Shortcodes not working for plugin Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Shortcodes not working for plugin * Resolved [tullyd2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tullyd2/) * (@tullyd2) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-for-plugin/) * Hey, * I have just set up a wordpress.org site and all working fine except I can’t get the shortcodes to work for the custom facebook feed pro plugin (the standard “ gallery” plugin works fine). I’ve tried looking at other forum posts but couldn’t find anything to fix the problem so really looking for some help. * Some details: 1. I’m using the standard twelve thirteen theme (no changes) 2. WordPress version 3.6.1 3. I deactivated and uninstalled all other plugins 4. I uninstalled the custom facebook feed plugin and reinstalled * Here is an example: [http://www.foodfetishblog.com](http://www.foodfetishblog.com) * I was originally using two plugins (Custom Facebook Feed Pro and Google Simple Maps) which used shortcodes but would not work. I uninstalled these and tried the basic WordPress shortcode for gallery and it works fine. * Could anyone assist me in making shortcodes work? I am lost. I’m not that technical so apologies if this has already been answered or I’m doing something dumb! * Thank you in advance. * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-facebook-feed/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-facebook-feed/) Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) * Plugin Author [smashballoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smashballoon/) * (@smashballoon) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-for-plugin/#post-4198256) * Hey David, * I believe the last time we conversed via email we discussed reaching out to your hosting provider as shortcodes from any plugins weren’t working on your site. Have you been able to get shortcodes from any plugins at all to work on your site? The gallery shortcode is built into the Twenty Thirteen theme, but I’d like to see whether we can get shortcodes from any other plugin working on your site. * Would you mind replying to the support email thread we have active so that I can help you further troubleshoot? * Many thanks, * John * Thread Starter [tullyd2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tullyd2/) * (@tullyd2) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-for-plugin/#post-4198362) * Hi John, * No problem, I’ll reply to thread. Yeah issue seems to be with all plugin shortcodes, not custom facebook pro specifically * Plugin Author [smashballoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smashballoon/) * (@smashballoon) * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-for-plugin/#post-4198565) * Hey David, * I’m going to go ahead and mark this topic as resolved as the issue wasn’t pertaining to this plugin in particular, but rather to your WordPress installation in general not allowing shortcodes from any plugins. If you have any other issues at all then just let me know and I’ll do what I can to help. * Kind regards, * John * [Ztrider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ztrider/) * (@ztrider) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-for-plugin/#post-4198611) * I also got this problem with no working shortcodes after unistalling the Custom Facebook plugin. But in my case they only stopped working in widgets. They still work in pages and posts. I’ve tried with deactivating all plugins and themes and thereafter activate them in different orders. Also i tried removing my own Child theme with no success. What else can i trie? * Plugin Author [smashballoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smashballoon/) * (@smashballoon) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-for-plugin/#post-4198612) * Hey Ztrider, * Some WordPress themes don’t allow shortcodes to be used in widgets. To compensate for this the Custom Facebook Feed plugin includes a snippet of code to allow for shortcodes to be used in widgets: * ``` //Allows shortcodes in theme add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode'); ``` * It sounds like your theme doesn’t allow shortcodes in widgets and so once you deactivated the plugin then this code is no longer in effect. To resolve this just add the above code snippet to your theme’s functions.php file. * Hope that helps, * John * [Ztrider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ztrider/) * (@ztrider) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-for-plugin/#post-4198613) * Hello again and thanks. This worked fine! * Plugin Author [smashballoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smashballoon/) * (@smashballoon) * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-for-plugin/#post-4198614) * Awesome, glad to hear it. * John Viewing 7 replies - 1 through 7 (of 7 total) The topic ‘Shortcodes not working for plugin’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/custom-facebook-feed/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2700775) * [Smash Balloon Social Post Feed - Simple Social Feeds for WordPress](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-facebook-feed/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-facebook-feed/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-facebook-feed/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-facebook-feed/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-facebook-feed/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/custom-facebook-feed/reviews/) ## Tags * [shortcodes not working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcodes-not-working/) * 7 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [smashballoon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smashballoon/) * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-not-working-for-plugin/#post-4198614) * Status: resolved