Title: Slideshow not working Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Slideshow not working * Resolved [marleejoseph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marleejoseph/) * (@marleejoseph) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/) * Hello, I am having trouble getting a slideshow to run on my site. * I am using this shortcode (copied from the demo site): * [strong thumbnail excerpt more_post slideshow show_for=”4″ effect_for=”1″] [ client] [field name=”client_name” class=”name”] [/client] [/strong] * Here is the result on my site: [http://www.swiftwick.com/sw/test-4](http://www.swiftwick.com/sw/test-4) * Any advice? * Thank you so much! * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/strong-testimonials/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/strong-testimonials/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 23 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Contributor [Chris Dillon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cdillon27/) * (@cdillon27) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/#post-6304614) * Hi, * Does your theme call the [wp_head](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/wp_head) and [wp_footer](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_footer) action hooks? * Thread Starter [marleejoseph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marleejoseph/) * (@marleejoseph) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/#post-6304639) * I am unsure about that. * However, we have other sliders working on other pages of our site. Example: [http://www.swiftwick.com/sw/](http://www.swiftwick.com/sw/). * Plugin Contributor [Chris Dillon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cdillon27/) * (@cdillon27) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/#post-6304643) * My plugin, like many others, relies on those two simple, common hooks to do things like fire up the slideshow. Every theme is different so all I can do is use what is recommended that most themes do. * Now, that may not be the cause of the problem here but it’s the first thing to rule out. * If you have full admin access, I can walk you through checking for those hooks. Or you can zip up your theme and send it to me via the contact form at wpmission. com. * Thread Starter [marleejoseph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marleejoseph/) * (@marleejoseph) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/#post-6304644) * I do have full admin access. If you could walk me through it, that would be fantastic and much appreciated. * Thank you!! * Plugin Contributor [Chris Dillon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cdillon27/) * (@cdillon27) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/#post-6304650) * No sweat. * wp_head: [http://screencast.com/t/7UWPjI4Waa](http://screencast.com/t/7UWPjI4Waa) * wp_footer: [http://screencast.com/t/XZ25kkX3o5](http://screencast.com/t/XZ25kkX3o5) * Plugin Contributor [Chris Dillon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cdillon27/) * (@cdillon27) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/#post-6304655) * Of course, be sure to select your theme. I used Twenty Twelve as an example. * Thread Starter [marleejoseph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marleejoseph/) * (@marleejoseph) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/#post-6304663) * My header does not include wp_head, but my footer has wp_footer. * Plugin Contributor [Chris Dillon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cdillon27/) * (@cdillon27) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/#post-6304670) * Thanks for checking that. * If you’re using the BWP Minify plugin, follow the instructions here: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/better-wordpress-minify-plugin?replies=2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/better-wordpress-minify-plugin?replies=2) * Otherwise, contact me at wpmission.com with a temporary admin login and I will take a deeper look. * Thread Starter [marleejoseph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marleejoseph/) * (@marleejoseph) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/#post-6304830) * Is the fix as simple as having my website administrator add the “wp_head” code to the header? * Plugin Contributor [Chris Dillon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cdillon27/) * (@cdillon27) * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/#post-6304834) * Unfortunately, no. The plugin doesn’t do anything important in wp_head. * I looked at the page source code and my hunch is the theme does some things in a non-“WordPress way” like loading jQuery directly instead of using the built- in version. * It also uses the jQuery Cycle plugin for the slideshow which my plugin also uses and that’s not a problem. Since Cycle is so popular and there are two distinct versions of it, the plugin checks to see if it has already been enqueued (the WordPress way) and only loads it if necessary. * So in the same fashion, if the theme loads Cycle directly instead of enqueueing it (the WordPress way), that may be the source of the conflict. But I can’t tell from the page source code. * I really need to lay hands on the theme to see what’s going on. * _Edited for clarity._ * [dsantonastaso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsantonastaso/) * (@dsantonastaso) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/#post-6304922) * Hi Chris! I have the same problem on my website. I have created a template and i try to use your plug-in in this tamplate with php shortcode implementation. * If i use plugin in a page work perfectly (es. [http://www.giorgiopivato.com/test](http://www.giorgiopivato.com/test)) but if i use in my php template does not work ([http://www.giorgiopivato.com/home-susydany](http://www.giorgiopivato.com/home-susydany)) * The version of plug-in is 1.20.1 and wordpress version 4.2.2 In my template i have used this code: * Can you help me please? Thanks Daniele * Plugin Contributor [Chris Dillon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cdillon27/) * (@cdillon27) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/#post-6304923) * Hi Daniele, * Due to the way the plugin enqueues scripts and stylesheets, using do_shortcode in a template will not work. * I am working on a proper template implementation for the next release. * [dsantonastaso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dsantonastaso/) * (@dsantonastaso) * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/#post-6304924) * Hi Chris! Thanks for your help. I wait next release 🙂 * Daniele * [mikegrattan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikegrattan/) * (@mikegrattan) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/#post-6304933) * I’m using the MyCuisine theme from Elegant Themes. It has a Home Page options page on the Appearance menu where you either use built-in formatting for the footer of the home page, in three sections, or you can specify a page to embed in any of the three sections of the footer. I created a page that points to a Slideshow View and set the MyCuisine Home Page Section 3 to that page. The content shows up, but it doesn’t show up as a slideshow. Do you have any suggestions to get it to work? * wp_head and wp_footer exist. * The website is [http://sardasfusioncatering.com](http://sardasfusioncatering.com) * Plugin Contributor [Chris Dillon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cdillon27/) * (@cdillon27) * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-not-working-38/#post-6304934) * Thanks for the details and for checking wp_head and wp_footer. * It sounds like the plugin cannot find that page with the View during preprocessing. Is there any way to add its [testimonial_view] shortcode directly in section 3? 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