Title: Some shortcodes don't work
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Some shortcodes don't work

 *  [musicmschell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/musicmschell/)
 * (@musicmschell)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-shortcodes-dont-work/)
 * I am using the Lifestyle theme and some shortcodes are working but others are
   not. I can even get some plugins that didn’t come with this theme to work but
   others simply show up as plain text.
 * **Links to examples of shortcodes that work (using the Participants Database 
   plugin):**
    [http://sweetcheeksdiaperbanks.org/child-sign-up/](http://sweetcheeksdiaperbanks.org/child-sign-up/)
 * **Links to examples of shortcodes that aren’t working (uding the Profile Builder
   plugin):**
    [http://sweetcheeksdiaperbanks.org/agency-login/](http://sweetcheeksdiaperbanks.org/agency-login/)
   [http://sweetcheeksdiaperbanks.org/agency-register/](http://sweetcheeksdiaperbanks.org/agency-register/)
 * As far as troubleshooting I have switched to other themes like Twenty Twelve 
   and disabled all plugins. I then turned on the plugin with the shortcodes I’m
   trying to use and they still don’t work. I also reinstalled wordpress to make
   sure nothing is corrupt. The plugin I’m trying to work with is Profile Builder
   but I’ve tried several others without any success (wp-members, BuddyPress, ect.).
   I’ve also contacted the plugin author for Profile Builder but haven’t had any
   resolution yet.
 * I think I might have to add some php codes to the page template or function.php
   page but all the codes I’ve tried either crashed the site or did nothing. Any
   help would be greatly appreciated!!!

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 *  Theme Author [themehit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themehit/)
 * (@themehit)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-shortcodes-dont-work/#post-6746473)
 * This doesn’t look like a theme issue. Plugin shortcodes should work on any theme.
   Have you activated the plugins?
 *  Thread Starter [musicmschell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/musicmschell/)
 * (@musicmschell)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-shortcodes-dont-work/#post-6746534)
 * Yes. The plugins I would like to use are activated but still do not work. I’ve
   uninstalled them and reinstalled them without any luck. I’ve deactivated all 
   plugins and turned them back on one by one without any luck. I’ve even turn all
   plugins off with just this single plugin activated and it still doesn’t work.
   That is why I thought this might be a theme issue but I still wasn’t having luck
   when I would change the theme to twenty twelve. I’ve also reinstalled WordPress
   just to make sure the core files weren’t corrupt. Any other advice? Thank you!!!

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 * Last reply from: [musicmschell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/musicmschell/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/some-shortcodes-dont-work/#post-6746534)
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