Title: How to execute shortcode
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# How to execute shortcode

 *  [jeremy2805](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeremy2805/)
 * (@jeremy2805)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-execute-shortcode/)
 * Hello.
 * I’m trying to get an [amazon] shortcode executed, but it looks like you’re parsing
   shortcodes by hand to generate output. Could you tell me how to get an [amazon]
   shortcode executed?
 * I can’t see an add_shortcode in the source…
 * I’ve created a few Simple Links items with Amazon Links shortcodes in the description,
   but when the description is output on my site, the [amazon] shortcode isn’t being
   performed. I’m sure this has come up before but I can’t find anything from searching.
 * Many thanks.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-link/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/amazon-link/)

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 *  Plugin Author [paulstuttard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulstuttard/)
 * (@paulstuttard)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-execute-shortcode/#post-5776149)
 * Hi,
 * What do you mean by ‘description’ are you putting the shortcodes in the content
   of a normal page / post or are you using some other plugin to generate your content?
 * Paul

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-execute-shortcode/#post-5776149)
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