Title: shortcode deprecated since CF7 4.6 Last modified: December 6, 2016 --- # shortcode deprecated since CF7 4.6 * Resolved [pako69](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pako69/) * (@pako69) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpcf7_add_shortcode-is-deprecated/) * Hi wpcf7_add_shortcode is **deprecated** since Contact Form 7 version 4.6! Use wpcf7_add_form_tag instead: [http://contactform7.com/2016/12/03/contact-form-7-46/](http://contactform7.com/2016/12/03/contact-form-7-46/) [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-wpcf7_add_shortcode-is-deprecated-after-update/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issue-wpcf7_add_shortcode-is-deprecated-after-update/) * Can you please update your plugin? * Thanks * >> Also deprecated : WPCF7_Shortcode WPCF7_ShortcodeManager wpcf7_add_shortcode() wpcf7_scan_shortcode() Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [funkolector](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funkolector/) * (@funkolector) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpcf7_add_shortcode-is-deprecated/#post-8519578) * Would be much appreciated 🙂 - This reply was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by [funkolector](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funkolector/). Reason: mistake * [funkolector](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funkolector/) * (@funkolector) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpcf7_add_shortcode-is-deprecated/#post-8519579) * Would be much appreciated 🙂 * [isa64](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isa64/) * (@isa64) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpcf7_add_shortcode-is-deprecated/#post-8529542) * Yes, it would be so nice ! Thank you * [Tom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rockstar_tom/) * (@rockstar_tom) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpcf7_add_shortcode-is-deprecated/#post-8529625) * Same here! Happy to donate for an upgrade 😉 * [Dmitry_Demir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmitry_demir/) * (@dmitry_demir) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpcf7_add_shortcode-is-deprecated/#post-8532462) * Hey, everyone. * I fixed this error by changing 2 lines in the plugin. Just in case, the plugin file is located in **\wp-content\plugins\contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension\ contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension.php**. * Changed **line 39** from `wpcf7_add_shortcode(` to `wpcf7_add_form_tag(` * Changed **line 44** from `$tag = new WPCF7_Shortcode( $tag );` to `$tag = new WPCF7_FormTag( $tag );` * I hope this is gonna be fixed in the next update… - This reply was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by [Dmitry_Demir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmitry_demir/). * [giboo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giboo/) * (@giboo) * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpcf7_add_shortcode-is-deprecated/#post-8540530) * Thanx Dmitry_Demir, I hope too next update will consider your patch * Plugin Author [sevenspark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sevenspark/) * (@sevenspark) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpcf7_add_shortcode-is-deprecated/#post-8670576) * Sorry for the late fix, guys. The deprecated functions have been updated in the latest release 🙂 * [lisbert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisbert/) * (@lisbert) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpcf7_add_shortcode-is-deprecated/#post-8673011) * hey [@sevenspark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sevenspark/) i updated th plugin. but when you google the website, meta description still shows the error. any ideas what to do? * Plugin Author [sevenspark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sevenspark/) * (@sevenspark) * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpcf7_add_shortcode-is-deprecated/#post-8673729) * [@lisbert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisbert/) , * You’ll need to give it some time for Google to re-crawl your website, the SERPs won’t refresh immediately. * Of course, using WP_DEBUG to check for warnings on a staging or development site is very important, but you should not have WP_DEBUG (or PHP error reporting in general) enabled on a production site. * [Nathaniel Flick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/natobasso/) * (@natobasso) * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpcf7_add_shortcode-is-deprecated/#post-8931993) * This is killing me, I’ve downloaded the latest version of the plugin and I’m still getting this same error. It takes down my live site, is there a fix coming soon or am I missing something? * Plugin Author [sevenspark](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sevenspark/) * (@sevenspark) * [9 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpcf7_add_shortcode-is-deprecated/#post-8932520) * Hi Nathaniel, * You’ll need to make sure you have the latest version of both CF7 and CF7 DTX installed. If you have an error, you need to check WP_DEBUG to see what it is. Even if you’re getting the notice indicated here, it would not brick the site, as it’s not an error, just a notice. * [ppokah0111](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ppokah0111/) * (@ppokah0111) * [8 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpcf7_add_shortcode-is-deprecated/#post-9235702) * I am now having this error and i dont have access to our backend and its weekend. This is not cool! Fatal error: Call to undefined function wpcf7_add_form_tag() in /usr/www/wwws/users/cobhzrsoe/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7-dynamic-text- extension/contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension.php on line 39 Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘shortcode deprecated since CF7 4.6’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension/assets/icon-256x256. png?rev=3019574) * [Contact Form 7 - Dynamic Text Extension](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/contact-form-7-dynamic-text-extension/reviews/) ## Tags * [WPCF7_Shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wpcf7_shortcode/) * 12 replies * 10 participants * Last reply from: [ppokah0111](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ppokah0111/) * Last activity: [8 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wpcf7_add_shortcode-is-deprecated/#post-9235702) * Status: resolved