Title: Adding Short Code into slide Last modified: August 31, 2016 --- # Adding Short Code into slide * Resolved [DerekJR123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derekjr123/) * (@derekjr123) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-short-code-into-slide/) * Hello, * I am trying to test something with SS3. I am currently using SS3 for each pages header image and my client wants me to put an opt-in form up there with it. Rather than have to remove all the sliders and recreate the whole thing, is it possible to use short code within the slide itself? I read in the docs it was, and I understand that while it is possible, you don’t support it. * Basically I am using another plugin (Contact Form 7) to make a simple opt-in form (name, email, submit). I want to take the short code from that and just drop it into the slide to see what it will do. I tried adding it to a text element on the slide, but it just shows the actual code. * I appreciate any help with this, and again… I understand you don’t natively support this. I’m not expecting miracles 🙂 * Derek Reidy * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/smart-slider-3/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smart-slider-3/) Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * [Ramona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nextend_ramona/) * (@nextend_ramona) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-short-code-into-slide/#post-7271984) * Hi [@derekjr123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derekjr123/) * Derek, * Which layer have you used when you inserted the shortcode? I would suggest using the [text layer](http://doc.smartslider3.com/article/362-text-layer). Also please note that WordPress was made that way that shortcodes are only translated to actual code in the frontend, so the backend will always show the code, as the necessary codes are not running in the backend. I just tried a contact form 7 shortcode in a text layer an it appeared in the frontend. * One more thing I would like you to know about: there is a high change of having CSS and responsivity issues when shortcodes are used inside the slider, as the other plugin’s codes aren’t handled by our slider but by the other plugin itself. * Thread Starter [DerekJR123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derekjr123/) * (@derekjr123) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-short-code-into-slide/#post-7271998) * Hello, * Yes I tried it in the text layer. I did not check it on the actual site, only viewed it in the back end. Doh. * I will check the front end to see if it works. If it does I’ll let you know. * I understand the CSS might be an issue. Thankfully it doesn’t need to be anything big and fancy. * Thanks for your reply. * PS- I am certainly upgrading to pro. This is a great plugin! * [Ramona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nextend_ramona/) * (@nextend_ramona) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-short-code-into-slide/#post-7272033) * I think this will be the problem then that on the WordPress backend the shortcodes aren’t turned into “actual” content. * If you would came across any CSS issues, this documentation might be helpful to resolve them: [http://doc.smartslider3.com/article/318-chrome#css](http://doc.smartslider3.com/article/318-chrome#css) * I’m glad you like the slider 🙂 * Thread Starter [DerekJR123](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derekjr123/) * (@derekjr123) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-short-code-into-slide/#post-7272106) * No issues here. I had to create some styles to override SS3’s but that wasn’t a big deal. Lots of “!important” tags 🙂 But it works great. * Derek * [Ramona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nextend_ramona/) * (@nextend_ramona) * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-short-code-into-slide/#post-7272139) * Awesome! It’s good to hear that you were able to resolve the problems, great job! Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘Adding Short Code into slide’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/smart-slider-3/assets/icon.svg?rev=2307688) * [Smart Slider 3](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smart-slider-3/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smart-slider-3/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-slider-3/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-slider-3/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-slider-3/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-slider-3/reviews/) ## Tags * [opt-in](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/opt-in/) * [Short Code](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/short-code/) * 5 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Ramona](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nextend_ramona/) * Last activity: [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-short-code-into-slide/#post-7272139) * Status: resolved