Title: Short Code Not Working
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Short Code Not Working

 *  Resolved [Sarahshmara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarahshmara/)
 * (@sarahshmara)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-code-not-working-6/)
 * I am using Formidable on 2 sites, and they both have the same theme and database.
   One one, my form works perfectly. On the other, after troubleshooting with other
   code, text and images, I finally just created a new page and only put [formidable
   id=2] on the page. When I preview the page, it looks perfect. As soon as I publish
   the page, I see only the text of the short code and not the form itself. What’s
   up with that?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/formidable/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/formidable/)

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 *  [W.P. Ginfo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp-ginfo/)
 * (@wp-ginfo)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-code-not-working-6/#post-3719292)
 * Don’t assume both sites have access to the same form…
    Please check and make 
   sure that both sites have installed and activated the formidable plugin. Check
   if both sites have a form 2.
 *  Thread Starter [Sarahshmara](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sarahshmara/)
 * (@sarahshmara)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-code-not-working-6/#post-3719318)
 * I have installed the plugin on both sites separately, and both forms have an 
   id of 2.
 *  [W.P. Ginfo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp-ginfo/)
 * (@wp-ginfo)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-code-not-working-6/#post-3719324)
 * Do both sites use the same plugins?
    If not: Rename the ‘different’ plugins of
   the ‘broken site’ by putting a ‘0’ in front, and check if the problem goes away.
 *  Plugin Author [Steve Wells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/srwells/)
 * (@srwells)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-code-not-working-6/#post-3719346)
 * If the form looks correct in preview mode where files from other plugins and 
   your theme are not loaded, it would point to some kind of conflict being caused
   by one of your other plugins or your theme. I would start by deactivating your
   other plugins and theme one at a time to see if you can find where the conflict
   is.
 * If you would like to create a new topic on our helpdesk on FormidablePro.com,
   we can be of further assistance.

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## Tags

 * [form not displaying](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/form-not-displaying/)
 * [Short Code](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/short-code/)
 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)

 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Steve Wells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/srwells/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/short-code-not-working-6/#post-3719346)
 * Status: resolved