Title: Why shortcodes?
Last modified: September 4, 2016

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# Why shortcodes?

 *  [ramonjosegn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ramonjosegn/)
 * (@ramonjosegn)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-shortcodes/)
 * Hello
 * I like me know whats is the benefit with respect to use emoji directly?
 * Thanks for support

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 *  Plugin Author [Sharon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shpemu/)
 * (@shpemu)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-shortcodes/#post-8148997)
 * Thank you for your question! Fist off, I like that the use of shortcodes is possible
   in WordPress. I also wanted to create something that didn’t interfere with WordPress’s
   built-in smileys. I hope that helps answer your question. Thank you!

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 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Sharon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shpemu/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/why-shortcodes/#post-8148997)
 * Status: not a support question