do_shortcode not working, please help!

Hey thanks, didn’t think of that. I just did it and it’s echoing the right thing, still the shortcode won’t execute.

If I echo $data[‘custom_content_section’] I get this for example:

[one_third] TEST TEST [/one_third]

If I echo do_shortcode($data[‘custom_content_section’]) I get the same result. The only plugins are the WP default ones and are both deactivated. Still no luck.

Edit: BTW , is there any other function to run shortcodes out of the query besides do_shortcode? I read something about “apply_filter” but it’s only working for “the_content”.

Just throwing ideas… but assuming nothing is wrong with the shortcode like you have an extra space somewhere, I would try to re- upload the shortcodes.php which is in the wp-includes directory.

Any chance the shortcode is not being registered, or hasn’t been registered prior to running do_shortcode() ?

Try printing the shortcodes before running the function to see if the shortcode is available:

global $shortcode_tags;
echo '<pre>';
print_r( $shortcode_tags );
echo '</pre>';

That should show you what shortcodes are currently registered.

You guys rock. Thanks for all the answers. I’ve managed to fixed it. Still, I don’t know what the problem was although I have a feeling that had something to do with the encoding of the file. I removed the “functions.php” file from the server and added it again from my computer. Now it seems it’s working.

Thanks again. Cheers!

sweet! glad you got it sorted out

Nice… So you just re-uploaded the functions.php instead of the shortcodes.php.

Also this guy here:

said he got it working with a fresh install on Wordpress (resetting the server) so maybe it was something to do with encoding like you said?

Guys, I’m having a similar issue.

When using ” echo do_shortcode( $options[‘blahblah’]) ” the shortcode outputs fine, except it’s at the beginning of the string.

Instead of getting “Copyright 2012 blah blah blah”.

I get “2012Copyright blah blah blah”.

Any ideas why?

jstudios said
Guys, I’m having a similar issue.

When using ” echo do_shortcode( $options[‘blahblah’]) ” the shortcode outputs fine, except it’s at the beginning of the string.

Instead of getting “Copyright 2012 blah blah blah”.

I get “2012Copyright blah blah blah”.

Any ideas why?

Make sure your shortcode is returning rather than echoing its output. Shortcodes should always return a value if you want them to work as expected.