Title: shortcode "Currently not used" when using do_shortcode
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# shortcode "Currently not used" when using do_shortcode

 *  Resolved [Kyle Klood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kyle-klood/)
 * (@kyle-klood)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-currently-not-used-when-using-do_shortcode/)
 * I’m currently using `<?php echo do_shortcode('[clean-login]'); ?>` and `<?php
   echo do_shortcode('[clean-login-register]'); ?>` to echo out the clean login 
   forms.
 * When I try to login or register the page just reloads into “#”.
 * Clearly something is wrong on my end, is there a step I’m perhaps missing?
 * In the backend under settings it says that each shortcode is “Currently not used”.
   Do I need to apply my shortcodes some other way?
 * Kind Regards
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/clean-login/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/clean-login/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Alberto Hornero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hornero/)
 * (@hornero)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-currently-not-used-when-using-do_shortcode/#post-5244752)
 * Could you share your URL?
 * “Currently not used” because there are no page/post which includes the shortcode,
   you’re including these through code. Why not as a common shortcode instead of
   coding it?
 * Alberto.
 *  Thread Starter [Kyle Klood](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kyle-klood/)
 * (@kyle-klood)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-currently-not-used-when-using-do_shortcode/#post-5244777)
 * Hi thank you for your prompt reply.
 * I am using this on my home page, not a dedicated page. The content is currently
   being used for something else and so I would like to use `do_shortcode()`.
 * I would also like to use it for both login and registration.
 * Your plugin works fine if I use the shortcode inside the content but when using`
   do_shortcode()` it doesn’t complete the login or registration.
 * Do you have any tips on perhaps I could edit your plugin to get it to work this
   way?
 *  Plugin Author [Alberto Hornero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hornero/)
 * (@hornero)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-currently-not-used-when-using-do_shortcode/#post-5244792)
 * Hi Kyle,
 * Just place the shortcode onn these pages, save it and then remove it, with this
   you’re notifying to the plugin the situation of the shortcodes. Try it and tell
   me.
 * Alberto.
 *  Plugin Author [Alberto Hornero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hornero/)
 * (@hornero)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-currently-not-used-when-using-do_shortcode/#post-5244885)
 * Any news?
 *  [mike62](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike62/)
 * (@mike62)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-currently-not-used-when-using-do_shortcode/#post-5244969)
 * I had this same issue. Putting the shortcode on the page worked. Removing it 
   again does not. Maybe adding it with a “regular” shortcode and then hiding it
   with CSS would work?
 * I have a bit of an edge case where it’s working fine for me (single login page
   that checks to see if you’re logged in, then echoes the login form. When logged
   in, it shows the_content(), where the “regular” shortcode is).
 *  Plugin Author [Alberto Hornero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hornero/)
 * (@hornero)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-currently-not-used-when-using-do_shortcode/#post-5244970)
 * Yes, exactly. This is the cleanest way to do that!

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 * Last reply from: [Alberto Hornero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hornero/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-currently-not-used-when-using-do_shortcode/#post-5244970)
 * Status: resolved