Title: Adding Shortcode to header
Last modified: May 21, 2017

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# Adding Shortcode to header

 *  Resolved [jimbo-76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimbo-76/)
 * (@jimbo-76)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcode-to-header-2/)
 * Hi,
 * Firstly thanks for a great plugin, really like that it shows current status.
 * I’m trying to add the short code current status to my header file, unfortunately
   it’s not having any of it.
 * I tried adding headers and footer plugin to put a shortcode in that and it only
   showed the shortcode in brackets.
 * Adding this to the header would be really good, I do notice that your shortcode
   is with hyphens and not underscores like other shortcodes in my theme?
 * If you have got your plugin to work in the header please let me know.
 * Certainly happy to leave you a review on this plugin, thanks

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 *  Plugin Contributor [eugenandrei](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jumparound/)
 * (@jumparound)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcode-to-header-2/#post-9154798)
 * Hey Jimbo,
 * Thanks for the message. Could you be a bit more specific on how it is you’re 
   trying to add that shortcode in the header and footer? Are you doing it directly
   in the header.php file by using the `do_shortcode` function ?
 *  Thread Starter [jimbo-76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimbo-76/)
 * (@jimbo-76)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcode-to-header-2/#post-9156701)
 * Hi, that was a quick response.
 * Yes addded do_shortcode but I noticed that I needed to add open_note and closing_note
 * I discovered an issue however, the current time would not refresh but that was
   down to my cache plugin… I have now excluded my contact page in the settings.
 * If put in the header it’s not going to refresh the time, I’d rather not stop 
   caching my home page to get that working… can the plugin script / js be excluded
   from the cache so the current time refreshes?
 * I now have another issue with the next day code, it’s meant to say open Tuesday
   as the next day but it’s still saying “opens Monday at 9:30am”
 * Why is this not showing correctly?
 *  Thread Starter [jimbo-76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimbo-76/)
 * (@jimbo-76)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcode-to-header-2/#post-9156787)
 * I have tried adding different options, had this as a widget but added short code
   to the page, it keeps telling me next working day is Monday when it is Tuesday?
 * Clearly not working, I had high hopes for this plugin but looks like I will need
   to look at another plugin.
 *  Plugin Contributor [eugenandrei](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jumparound/)
 * (@jumparound)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcode-to-header-2/#post-9158564)
 * Hey Jimbo,
 * Would you mind letting me know the exact schedule you entered there as well as
   the timezone you’re on – so I can troubleshoot this better?
 *  Thread Starter [jimbo-76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimbo-76/)
 * (@jimbo-76)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcode-to-header-2/#post-9159400)
 * Hi Eugen,
 * The main issue seems to be on the closing note, when adding the next day and 
   time… I think it was like this below
 * closing_note we’re closed now but open again on {next-opening-day} {next-opening-
   timeframe}
 * Problem seems to be that if I close at 5pm on Monday it won’t then pickup the
   next day ‘Tuesday’ obviously puts current day of Monday ?
 *  Plugin Contributor [eugenandrei](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jumparound/)
 * (@jumparound)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcode-to-header-2/#post-9160086)
 * Hey Jimbo – I just rolled an update to this plugin. Would you mind updating it
   and letting me know if this issue is still occurring ?
 *  Thread Starter [jimbo-76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimbo-76/)
 * (@jimbo-76)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcode-to-header-2/#post-9160634)
 * Eugen,
 * Your update seems to have done the trick.
 * I appreciate the quick response on this, shows your committed to your plugin 
   and people will appreciate that.
 * I will leave you good feedback soon, thanks again for the plugin 🙂
 *  Plugin Contributor [eugenandrei](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jumparound/)
 * (@jumparound)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcode-to-header-2/#post-9162554)
 * Jimbo – glad to hear everything’s working fine now! Please don’t hesitate to 
   reach out if you have any other questions or concerns!
 *  Thread Starter [jimbo-76](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jimbo-76/)
 * (@jimbo-76)
 * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcode-to-header-2/#post-9162979)
 * Sorry to be a pain…. if I put this in the header how do I eliminate caching of
   the current time, are any js scripts used that I can exclude?

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