Shortcode rendering as text not as shortcode should

Question

I am building a shopping website and I am trying to put a shortcode in that will show the customer a buy button and the quantity of the product the customer wants to purchase. O

Answer 1

Add this to your functions.php

// Allow shortcodes on widgets
add_filter('widget_text','do_shortcode');

// Allow shortcodes on pages (not tested, but should work)
add_filter('the_content','do_shortcode');