Title: Shortcodes Do Not Work
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Shortcodes Do Not Work

 *  [wordpig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpig/)
 * (@wordpig)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-do-not-work-2/)
 * Adding a TED shortcode, all I get is text
 * [ted id=2046]
 * Other shortcodes seem to work ..
 * Anybody have a theory / quick checklist of what this could be?
 * Or even better want to take a look?

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 *  [Evan Herman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eherman24/)
 * (@eherman24)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-do-not-work-2/#post-5100793)
 * Where have you added it? Widget? Post Content? Page Content?
 * What theme are you using?
 * I’m also fairly certain WordPress.com shortcodes **do not** work on .org self
   hosted sites:
 * [http://en.support.wordpress.com/shortcodes/](http://en.support.wordpress.com/shortcodes/)
 * I’m not 100% but fairly certain I tried a YouTube short code the other day to
   no avail, so I ended up writing my own.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-do-not-work-2/#post-5100797)
 * I’d like to know where this particular shortcode came from?
 *  [Evan Herman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eherman24/)
 * (@eherman24)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-do-not-work-2/#post-5100801)
 * It’s a WordPress.com shortcode, that link I posted above has them all.
 * I only know because I was trying the YouTube one in a plugin I was developing
   a few days ago , lol.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-do-not-work-2/#post-5100813)
 * Ah! I missed your reply! That’s a useful list.
 *  Thread Starter [wordpig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpig/)
 * (@wordpig)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-do-not-work-2/#post-5100815)
 * Ahh, ok. This is starting to make sense.
 *  I didn’t realize this was going on with shortcodes ..
 * The embed code is from TED’s site …
 * [http://bit.ly/UbrzHQ](http://bit.ly/UbrzHQ)
 * Check out the video too, seriously cool – if icky!
 * THCB is here – in case you can tell anything by taking a quick look under the
   hood
 * [http://www.thehealthcareblog.com](http://www.thehealthcareblog.com)
 *  Thread Starter [wordpig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpig/)
 * (@wordpig)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-do-not-work-2/#post-5100819)
 * Addendum: added to post ..
 * I’m guessing the guys at TED / Medium don’t realize that their embed won’t work
   for people who aren’t hosted on wordpress.com. Is there a workaround?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-do-not-work-2/#post-5100825)
 * It’s not really to do with the people over at TED. It’s more that the folks over
   at wordpress.com have added this shortcode feature into all of their themes/sites.
 *  Thread Starter [wordpig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpig/)
 * (@wordpig)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-do-not-work-2/#post-5100840)
 * That’s true, but wonder if the guys at TED know about it …
 * Is there a recommended fix?
 * John
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-do-not-work-2/#post-5100842)
 * Not that I have com across. Do you know if TED is an oEmbed-Enabled site? If 
   it is, then you could embed videos just using the url by [adding support for an oEmbed-Enabled site](http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds#Adding_Support_For_An_oEmbed-Enabled_Site)

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