Title: Shortcode not working
Last modified: August 11, 2023

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# Shortcode not working

 *  Resolved [vlvshein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vlvshein/)
 * (@vlvshein)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-455/)
 * After upgrading to 6.3. posts are not displayed. Writes: “Sorry. There is no 
   data yet.” Made according to the instructions: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-work-48/#post-16930832](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-not-work-48/#post-16930832)
   it didn’t help. All caching and security plugins are disabled.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fshortcode-not-working-455%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-455/#post-16965512)
 * Hi [@vlvshein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vlvshein/),
 * Looks like at least one of the plugin’s database tables is missing from your 
   database (either deleted by accident or your database may be partially corrupted?).
   That’s why your popular posts aren’t loading.
 * [[
 * If you have a recent database backup, try restoring it (or at least the `owdug_popularpostsdata`
   table) to fix this.
 * If you don’t have a database backup, log in into your hosting’s control panel,
   go to phpMyAdmin (or whatever your hosting provider uses to manage database tables),
   select your site’s database, then run this query to recreate the missing table:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS owdug_popularpostsdata (
         postid bigint(20) NOT NULL,
         day datetime NOT NULL,
         last_viewed datetime NOT NULL,
         pageviews bigint(20) DEFAULT '1',
         PRIMARY KEY (postid),
         UNIQUE KEY id (postid)
       ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8
       ```
   
 * Alternatively, you can also just uninstall the plugin and install it again.
 *  Thread Starter [vlvshein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vlvshein/)
 * (@vlvshein)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-455/#post-16965668)
 * Reinstalling helped. Thank you. Why did this happen? Could a wordpress update
   break the plugin?
 *  Plugin Author [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * (@hcabrera)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-455/#post-16966162)
 * Well, WordPress updates shouldn’t normally break plugins nor delete database 
   tables. I’m inclined to think that something happened server side (database files
   were corrupted for some reason, read/write errors, etc; or someone deliberately
   deleted the table which isn’t great news).
 * If you’re not already doing so, I recommend setting up daily backups so you can
   quickly recover your site if anything like this (or worse) happens again.
 * Anyways, glad to know that everything is back to normal. If you have any further
   questions please let me know.

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 * Last reply from: [Hector Cabrera](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hcabrera/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-455/#post-16966162)
 * Status: resolved