Title: Shortcode not working
Last modified: March 16, 2022

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# Shortcode not working

 *  Resolved [rebelit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rebelit/)
 * (@rebelit)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-403/)
 * Hello,
    I am having trouble getting the [display-posts] shortcode to work. I 
   thought it was perhaps the theme or plugin I was using, however after switching
   to default 2017 theme and disabling all plugins it’s still not working.
 * The odd thing is that the shortcode for contact form 7 worked fine (currently
   uninstalled)
 * On the page linked there are two basic wordpress shortcodes. The first is in 
   a custom html block & the 2nd is in a shortcode block.
 * The theme is default 2017, no custom code.
 * Thanks in advance
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fshortcode-not-working-403%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [rebelit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rebelit/)
 * (@rebelit)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-403/#post-15463552)
 * I must be doing something stupid!
 * I get the same problem on a different installation, different theme (same data)
   on my local test server.
 *  Thread Starter [rebelit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rebelit/)
 * (@rebelit)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-403/#post-15464166)
 * ok, so now I have seen that the display-posts shortcode isn’t part of standalone
   WordPress.
 * Problem solved! lol

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 * [2017 theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/2017-theme/)
 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)

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 * Last reply from: [rebelit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rebelit/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-403/#post-15464166)
 * Status: resolved

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