Title: [Plugin: Shortcode Exec PHP] Getting started
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Shortcode Exec PHP] Getting started

 *  [Sea Jay](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcollier/)
 * (@jcollier)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-shortcode-exec-php-getting-started/)
 * Here’s a very basic question for someone without PHP expertise, but who wishes
   to use your query.
 * I have installed the plugin in 3.01 multisite and checked “Make shortcodes global”.
 * I see a default shortcode called query_posts, and have checked “Enabled” and “
   Output echoed”.
 * I am expecting that this example accepts the arguments shown here:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/query_posts)
 * I added the following shortcode into a page:
 * `[query_posts cat="120"]`
 * After publishing I see nothing, not even the shortcode. Is that because I’ve 
   missed something very obvious or because there is something wrong in my particular
   instance? Or something else?
 * Suggestions welcome.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [M66B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/m66b/)
 * (@m66b)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-shortcode-exec-php-getting-started/#post-1750900)
 * There is no default shortcode ‘query_posts’, so someone has defined this shortcode
   already. You can find the latest version and the usage instructions of this shortcode
   [here on the support page of the plugin](http://blog.bokhorst.biz/3626/computers-en-internet/wordpress-plugin-shortcode-exec-php/#comment-976).

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 * [Shortcode Exec PHP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-exec-php/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcode-exec-php/#faq)
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 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [M66B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/m66b/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-shortcode-exec-php-getting-started/#post-1750900)
 * Status: not resolved