Ditty News with iTheme2

Hi, I did a test to see if custom php would show, and it did. However when I copy/paste the shortcode created by Ditty News, nothing shows. I’ve spent a few hours trying to find solutions but to no avail.

Here is the site: https://stevecrosby.org/

There are no cache. Here is the code and where I placed it in the header.php file:

<?php
// Check to see if the header image has been removed
$header_image = get_header_image(); if ( ! empty( $header_image ) ) : ?>
<a href="<?php echo esc_url( home_url( '/' ) ); ?>">
<img id="custom-header-image" src="<?php header_image(); ?>" width="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_WIDTH; ?>" height="<?php echo HEADER_IMAGE_HEIGHT; ?>" alt="" /></a>
<?php endif; ?>

<?php if(function_exists('ditty_news_ticker')){ditty_news_ticker(5336);} ?>

<nav id="access" role="navigation">

If you could help me find what the matter is, I’d appreciate greatly.

Regards,

Andre

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