Title: shortcode problem
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# shortcode problem

 *  Resolved [earmsby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/earmsby/)
 * (@earmsby)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-problem-21/)
 * I just updated my WP installation this morning to the latest version and now 
   my shortcodes no longer work. I see there was a bug fix related to shortcodes
   but I don’t understand what it was and how it might effect existing shortcodes.
   Can anyone shed light on what I can do to fix the problem (short of reinstalling
   and putting things back to the old version)

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 *  Thread Starter [earmsby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/earmsby/)
 * (@earmsby)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-problem-21/#post-6995479)
 * After I posted the above, I did some more digging and reading through the comments
   about the bug fix. It looks like the main issue is with the space between the
   shortcode name and the parameter(s). So, as an experiment, I edited the page 
   with the shortcode and simply deleted the space and retyped it, saved the page
   and viola, this shortcode works again!
 * Posting this in case anyone else has the same issue.

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