Title: Shortcode doesn’t work
Last modified: March 16, 2017

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# Shortcode doesn’t work

 *  [Florent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frappi/)
 * (@frappi)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-38/)
 * Even after adding the small piece of code in the footer.php

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Hardeep Asrani](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hardeepasrani/)
 * (@hardeepasrani)
 * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-38/#post-8988446)
 * Hi,
 * Did you add shortcode directly to your theme files? Shortcodes only work in the
   Post/Page editor content and not when added directly to your theme files. You
   can use the `do_shortcode` function if you want to use the shortcode directly
   in your theme files: [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_shortcode/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_shortcode/)
 * Let us know. 🙂

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