Title: shortcode not working!
Last modified: October 15, 2022

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# shortcode not working!

 *  Resolved [mmasouddd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmasouddd/)
 * (@mmasouddd)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-424/)
 * Hi
    I am wondered. In a listing page we have two column. The button shortcode
   works in left column and shows the button message and not works in right column
   and the button is hidden 🙂
 * I tried to trick the software and use it on left column and show it with another
   shortcode (that created with another plugin) in right column. But the plugin 
   was smarter than me and Still not working on
    I changed my theme and disable 
   another plugins But the problem still persists
 * What’s wrong?
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    -  This topic was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by [mmasouddd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmasouddd/).
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 *  Plugin Author [wordplus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordplus/)
 * (@wordplus)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-424/#post-16102543)
 * Hi there!
 * Which shortcode?
 *  Thread Starter [mmasouddd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmasouddd/)
 * (@mmasouddd)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-424/#post-16102553)
 * I used this default shortcode:
 * [bp_better_messages_pm_button text=”Private Message” subject=”Have a question
   to you” message=”Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting
   industry.” target=”_self” class=”extra-class” fast_start=”0″ url_only=”0″]
 *  Plugin Author [wordplus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordplus/)
 * (@wordplus)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-424/#post-16102555)
 * Try to force user_id for currently not logged in user, by using user_id=”5″, 
   where 5 is another user ID (not currently logged in)
 *  Thread Starter [mmasouddd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmasouddd/)
 * (@mmasouddd)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-424/#post-16102575)
 * I tried this now. But still not working…
 * With assigning user id the shortcode not working on left and right column
 * [bp_better_messages_pm_button text=”Private Message” subject=”Have a question
   to you” message=”Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting
   industry.” target=”_self” user_id=”5″ class=”extra-class” fast_start=”0″ url_only
   =”0″]
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by [mmasouddd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmasouddd/).
 *  Plugin Author [wordplus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordplus/)
 * (@wordplus)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-424/#post-16102597)
 * Do you have user with ID 5 in your website?
 *  Thread Starter [mmasouddd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmasouddd/)
 * (@mmasouddd)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-424/#post-16102603)
 * Yes. I tried with several ids that I checked their accuracy.
 *  Plugin Author [wordplus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordplus/)
 * (@wordplus)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-424/#post-16102617)
 * Do you using correct quotes in shortcode attributes?
 *  Thread Starter [mmasouddd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmasouddd/)
 * (@mmasouddd)
 * [3 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-424/#post-16102642)
 * Perfect. Probably the problem was for quotes user_id=”5″. I copied theme from
   another attributes and now it is correct. Also for user id I used the own directorie’s
   shortcode and now the issue is resolved
 * But the problem is not resolved yet why it works in left column and not works
   in right column.
 * Thank you so so so much for super fast support:)
    Good luck

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