Title: No Shortcode
Last modified: March 23, 2019

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# No Shortcode

 *  Resolved [rwhirn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rwhirn/)
 * (@rwhirn)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-shortcode-17/)
 * Using WP 4.6.13
    Contact Form 7 4.1 Installed Honeypot, Activated, went to Contact,
   clicked edit on my form, clicked on Generate Tag and there is not shortcode “
   Honeypot” in the list.
 * I did find this topic from a year ago – (didn’t look that far back at first) –
   so I guess my site is just too out of date for it to work?

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 *  [Ryan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daobydesign/)
 * (@daobydesign)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-shortcode-17/#post-11352651)
 * That’s a more than 3-year-old version for CF7. Is there some reason you’re stuck
   on it? If you must use it, you might try switching to an older version of this
   plugin. I would try version 1.9 or below ([https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/contact-form-7-honeypot/tags/](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/contact-form-7-honeypot/tags/))
 *  [neroavorio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neroavorio/)
 * (@neroavorio)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-shortcode-17/#post-11365608)
 * rwhirn, I was on the same boat, CF7 4.03 on an old WP installation.
    I’m a bit
   surprised by Ryan’s answer. The latest version of CF7 is NOT compatibile with
   older WordPress versions, so the only way to install the latest CF7 (and any 
   recent related plugin) is to update WordPress too. With all the much likely issues
   involved. Anyway: rwhirn, you’re right, there’s no “honeypot” shortcode in the“
   generate tag” menu, but if you write the shortcode directly ( simply [honeypot
   honeypot-123] anywhere in the form, possibly with a random number as ID) the 
   plugin works as expected. At least on my version.
 *  [Ryan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daobydesign/)
 * (@daobydesign)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-shortcode-17/#post-11366468)
 * [@neroavorio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neroavorio/), I did actually
   address that in my response. I am not suggesting using an old version of WordPress
   with a new version of CF7 (and this plugin). My confusion is why the need to 
   stick with an old version of WordPress (and also CF7). Regardless of that though,
   my suggestion was to use an older version of the CF7 Honeypot plugin with the
   specified versions of both WordPress and CF7 (4.6.13, CF7 4.1), not update CF7
   but leave the WP install the same.
 *  [neroavorio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neroavorio/)
 * (@neroavorio)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-shortcode-17/#post-11366785)
 * [@daobydesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daobydesign/) I didn’t mean
   to sound too critic 🙂 Your suggestion was surely good. My surprise was referred
   to your question about someone “being stuck” with an old CF7. It’s a very common
   issue, that’s all.
    Anyway, I can confirm that even the latest release of your
   useful plugin works with CF7 4.x, as long as the shortcodes are written “manually”.
 *  [Ryan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daobydesign/)
 * (@daobydesign)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-shortcode-17/#post-11366916)
 * 🙂 No criticism taken. I think the missing shortcode is due to me removing some
   legacy code in the latest version. I’ll be sure to make a note to investigate
   further for the next release.
 *  Thread Starter [rwhirn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rwhirn/)
 * (@rwhirn)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/no-shortcode-17/#post-11367032)
 * [@neroavorio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neroavorio/) Thanks so much
   for the knowledge! I will try it out.
 * And thanks [@daobydesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daobydesign/) for
   the great plugin and the prompt response to my question.

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