shortcode not working

  • Resolved kevinjh

    (@kevinjh)


    8 years, 1 month ago

    I am new to WordPress, just looking for a book library/archive system to suit my needs.

    I installed the Book Review Library plugin initially but have since disabled that and am now trying the Web Librarian plugin.

    I haven’t really done anything with Web Librarian yet other than create a librarian user and a static home page with the shortcode [weblib-searchform]. However the shortcode displays as is and does not show the search form. (Shortcodes did work in Book Review Library).

    I’m running WordPress 4.6.1 , the TwentySixteen theme and PHP 5.6.26

    I would appreciate any advice on how to resolve this.

    • This topic was modified 8 years, 1 month ago by kevinjh. Reason: corrected typo
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  • Thread Starter kevinjh

    (@kevinjh)

    I should also add that it doesn’t make any difference which browser i use.

    Plugin Author Robert Heller

    (@robertpheller)

    My only suggestion is to switch out of “visual editor” mode. I’m guessing that somehow the brackets are getting converted to HTML entities and/or the shortcodes are being embeded in some HTML markup or something like that.

    Thread Starter kevinjh

    (@kevinjh)

    Robert, many thanks for responding.

    Mea culpa! I had typed [weblib-searchform] instead of [weblib_searchform] (I used a dash instead of an underscore)

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