Title: simple shortcode not working
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# simple shortcode not working

 *  Resolved [emilysparkle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emilysparkle/)
 * (@emilysparkle)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-shortcode-not-working/)
 * i’ve used this plugin on other sites with complete success.
 * this time, i’ve got five links in one category, general. when i use shortcode`[
   links category_name="general"]` i just see the text of the shortcode.
 * any ideas?
 * funkyfairy.net/links
 * 🙂 emily
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/links-shortcode/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/links-shortcode/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Maarten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maartenjs/)
 * (@maartenjs)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-shortcode-not-working/#post-4278990)
 * Hello Emily, could you give me some details? Was the plugin activated successfully
   and can you see the settings page in the Links menu? (I can see that the plugin
   is currently not activiated) Is there a default template defined under “How to
   display the links?”? Do any other shortcodes work? (I ask this because it could
   be that you theme has disabled all shortcodes)

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-shortcode-not-working/#post-4278990)
 * Status: resolved