Title: Shortcode being displayed
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Shortcode being displayed

 *  Resolved [JGrissom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgrissom/)
 * (@jgrissom)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-being-displayed/)
 * Hello, I have a custom template that I have developed for a company. This template
   is from their previous website. I have converted it to WordPress.
 * My problem that I am having is shortcodes are being displayed
 * example
    [orbit-slider] will display instead of the slider being displayed. any
   clue as into why this is happening?

Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total)

 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-being-displayed/#post-3244688)
 * where exactly is the shortcode displayed?
    can you post a link to the site?
 * does the shortcode belong to a plugin?
 *  Thread Starter [JGrissom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgrissom/)
 * (@jgrissom)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-being-displayed/#post-3244689)
 * [http://www.cloudleasing.com/prestige/contact-us/](http://www.cloudleasing.com/prestige/contact-us/)
 * yes it does. I cannot for the life of me figure it out..
 *  [Thor Brink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thorbrink/)
 * (@thorbrink)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-being-displayed/#post-3244690)
 * The first thing that comes to mind is that there is no code handling the shortcode.
   Is there a plugin that might have been deactivated?
 *  Thread Starter [JGrissom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgrissom/)
 * (@jgrissom)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-being-displayed/#post-3244691)
 * No, The plugin is enabled. I was thinking it could be cause by my functions or
   sidebar.php files I have, but these have not effected shortcodes before..
 * This is my sidebar.php
 *     ```
       <?php
         $sid = "";
         $pref = "sidebar-";
   
         if (is_single()){
           // sidebar explicitly defined for single blog post
           $sid = "sidebar-single";
         } elseif (is_page()){
           if ($post->post_parent == 0 || is_active_sidebar('sidebar-'.$post->ID)){
             // no parent to inherit, or not necessary because the sidebar has been set
             $sid = $pref.$post->ID;
           } else {
             if (is_active_sidebar('sidebar-'.$post->post_parent)){
               // parent exists and has a sidebar
               $sid = $pref.$post->post_parent;
             } else {
               // parent doesn't exist, check all for sidebars
               foreach (get_post_ancestors($post) as $ancestor => $id){
                 if (is_active_sidebar($pref.$id)){
                   $sid = $pref.$id;
                   break;
                 }
               }
             }
           }
         } elseif (is_home()){
            // sidebar for blog list page
           $sid = $pref.get_option('page_for_posts');
         }
       ?>
       <?php if (!empty($sid) && function_exists('is_dynamic_sidebar') && is_active_sidebar($sid)){ ?>
       <?php if (!function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar($sid)): ?>
   
       <br />
       <?php endif; ?>
       <?php } ?>
       ```
   
 * and my functions.php
 *     ```
       <?php
       if (function_exists('register_sidebar')){
           register_sidebar(array('name'=>'Single Post Sidebar',
             'id' => 'sidebar-single',
             'before_widget' => '<div id="sidebar">',
             'after_widget' => '</div>',
             'before_title' => '<h3>',
             'after_title' => '</h3>'
           ));
   
           // Dynamic Widgets
           $myPages = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_type = 'page' AND post_status = 'publish'"); 
   
           foreach ($myPages as $q ){
             $id = 'sidebar-'.$q->ID;
             $namePref = "Parent - ";
             if ($q->post_parent != 0){
               $namePref = "Child - ";
             }
             $sbtitle = $namePref . $q->post_title;
             if ($sbtitle && function_exists('register_sidebar')){
               register_sidebar(array(
                 'id' => $id,
                 'name'          => $sbtitle ,
                 'before_widget' => '<div id="sidebarbottom">', //Register  the sidebar Bottom so that it will display different div's...
                 'after_widget' => '</div>',
                 'before_title' => '<h3>',
                 'after_title' => '</h3>'
               ));
             }
           }
         }
   
         // CUSTOM ADMIN MENU LINK FOR ALL SETTINGS
          function all_settings_link() {
           add_options_page(__('All Settings'), __('All Settings'), 'administrator', 'options.php');
          }
          add_action('admin_menu', 'all_settings_link');
   
          // REMOVE THE WORDPRESS UPDATE NOTIFICATION FOR ALL USERS EXCEPT SYSADMIN
              global $user_login;
              get_currentuserinfo();
              if (!current_user_can('update_plugins')) { // checks to see if current user can update plugins
               add_action( 'init', create_function( '$a', "remove_action( 'init', 'wp_version_check' );" ), 2 );
               add_filter( 'pre_option_update_core', create_function( '$a', "return null;" ) );
              }
   
       ?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [JGrissom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgrissom/)
 * (@jgrissom)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-being-displayed/#post-3244692)
 * Also this is my contact us page I am calling
 *     ```
       <?PHP get_header();
       /*
       Template Name: Contact-Us-Page
       */
        ?>
       <td>&nbsp;</td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
               <td><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/contact_custom_cabinets.gif'; ?>" width="150" height="24" /></td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
               <td><h1><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/spacer.gif'; ?>" width="1" height="25" />
               <?php
       					$post_id = 151;
       					$queried_post = get_post($post_id);
       					echo $queried_post->post_content;
       				  ?>
               </h1></td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
               <td><table width="632" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
                   <tr>
                     <td width="348" valign="top"><table width="348" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
                         <tr>
                           <td><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/spacer.gif'; ?>" width="1" height="1" /></td>
                         </tr>
                         <tr>
                           <td height="8"><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/spacer.gif'; ?>" width="1" height="8" /></td>
                         </tr>
                         <tr>
                           <td><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/subheader_contactmail.gif'; ?>" width="92" height="20" /></td>
                         </tr>
                         <tr>
                           <td valign="top"><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/spacer.gif'; ?>" width="1" height="6" /></td>
                         </tr>
                         <tr>
                           <td valign="top"><h2>
                                  <?php
       					$post_id = 156;
       					$queried_post = get_post($post_id);
       					echo $queried_post->post_content;
       				  ?>
                           </h2></td>
                         </tr>
   
                         <tr>
                           <td> <?php
       					$post_id = 164;
       					$queried_post = get_post($post_id);
       					echo $queried_post->post_content;
       				  ?>
       </td>
                         </tr>
                     </table></td>
                     <td width="20"><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/spacer.gif'; ?>" width="20" height="1" /></td>
                     <td width="264" valign="top"><table width="264" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
                         <tr>
                           <td><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/spacer.gif'; ?>" width="1" height="8" /></td>
                         </tr>
                         <tr>
                           <td><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/secondcol_top.gif'; ?>" width="264" height="10" /></td>
                         </tr>
                         <tr>
                           <td background="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/secondcol_expander.gif'; ?>"><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/spacer.gif'; ?>" width="1" height="2" /></td>
                         </tr>
                         <tr>
                           <td background="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/secondcol_expander.gif'; ?>"><table width="234" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
                               <tr>
                                 <td class="bottom"><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/spacer.gif'; ?>" width="1" height="10" /></td>
                               </tr>
                               <tr>
                                 <td class="bottom"><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/subheader_phoneandfax.gif'; ?>" width="228" height="24" /></td>
                               </tr>
                               <tr>
                                 <td class="bottom">
       				<?php
       					$post_id = 159;
       					$queried_post = get_post($post_id);
       					echo $queried_post->post_content;
       				  ?>
   
       				</td>
                               </tr>
                               <tr>
                                 <td><span class="bottom"><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/spacer.gif'; ?>" width="1" height="10" /></span></td>
                               </tr>
                           </table></td>
                         </tr>
                         <tr>
                           <td background="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/secondcol_expander.gif'; ?>"><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/spacer.gif'; ?>" width="1" height="2" /></td>
                         </tr>
   
                         <tr>
                           <td background="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/secondcol_expander.gif'; ?>"><table width="234" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
                               <tr>
                                 <td class="bottom"><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/spacer.gif'; ?>" width="1" height="10" /></td>
                               </tr>
                               <tr>
                                 <td class="bottom"><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/subheader_mailingaddress.gif'; ?>" width="228" height="24" /></td>
                               </tr>
                               <tr>
                                 <td class="bottom"><?php
       					$post_id = 161;
       					$queried_post = get_post($post_id);
       					echo $queried_post->post_content;
       				  ?>
                           </td>
                               </tr>
                               <tr>
                                 <td><span class="bottom"><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/spacer.gif'; ?>" width="1" height="16" /></span></td>
                               </tr>
                               <tr>
                                 <td class="bottom"><h2><a href="<?PHP site_url(); ?>/prestige/privacy">Privacy Policy</a> </h2></td>
                               </tr>
                               <tr>
                                 <td class="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
                               </tr>
                               <tr>
                                 <td class="bottom">&nbsp;</td>
                               </tr>
                               <tr>
                                 <td class="bottom"><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/spacer.gif'; ?>" width="1" height="10" /></td>
                               </tr>
                               <tr>
                                 <td class="bottom"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
                                   <tr>
                                     <td valign="top"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.bbb.org/richmond/business-reviews/cabinet-manufacturer/prestige-cabinets-countertops-in-richmond-va-33001110/#bbbonlineclick" target="_blank"><img src="../images/bbb_contact.gif" alt="Click here for BBB Business Review" width="92" height="37" border="0" /></a><br />
                                         <a href="http://www.bbb.org/richmond/business-reviews/cabinet-manufacturer/prestige-cabinets-countertops-in-richmond-va-33001110/#bbbonlineclick" target="_blank" class="bottom" id="bbbo1912lnk">Click here for BBB Business Review</a> </div></td>
                                   </tr>
                                 </table></td>
                               </tr>
   
                           </table></td>
                         </tr>
                         <tr>
                           <td><img src="<?PHP echo bloginfo('template_directory'). '/images/secondcol_bottom.gif'; ?>" width="264" height="11" /></td>
                         </tr>
   
                     </table></td>
                   </tr>
               </table></td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
               <td>&nbsp;</td>
               <?PHP get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 *  [Thor Brink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thorbrink/)
 * (@thorbrink)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-being-displayed/#post-3244693)
 * Could you paste the code that handles the shortcode?
 *  Thread Starter [JGrissom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgrissom/)
 * (@jgrissom)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-being-displayed/#post-3244694)
 * I am using the Quform Plugin for the code that I want to display, I have tried
   several different plugins that use shortcodes but none of them work.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-being-displayed/#post-3244695)
 * if you output the content of a post or page like so:
 *     ```
       echo $queried_post->post_content;
       ```
   
 * then any shortcode in the content will not get parsed;
 * you will need to apply the ‘content’ filter;
    try for example:
 *     ```
       echo apply_filters('the_content',$queried_post->post_content);
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [JGrissom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jgrissom/)
 * (@jgrissom)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-being-displayed/#post-3244696)
 * Ahh Thanks man!! Worked like a Charm. Now that explains why none of my shortcodes
   worked!! Thanks man!

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