Answers.Body: <p>You need to set a WordPress base page. Create an empty page (e.g. titled "CiviCRM" with the slug "civicrm") and enter the page slug in the basepage field in <code>wp-admin/admin.php?page=CiviCRM&amp;q=civicrm%2Fadmin%2Fsetting%2Fuf&amp;reset=1</code>. Your form(s) should then render properly.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Glad you could explain that for Nuno.
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Answers.Text: ah yes, that solved it! thank you so much :)
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Body: <p>My contribution pages (that I use to collect new members on a website) are completely crazy, just showing the page title repeatedly some 10 or more times.</p>
  
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  <p>But when I try to do a test-drive everything looks fine.</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/vgGGw.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/vgGGw.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>Based on a similar question here, I tried to create a new page from scratch, but the problem persists.
  No idea where to start digging :/</p>
  
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Comments.Text: This may be CMS specific so perhaps you can explain eg is this WordPress and are you using shortcodes, or is this drupal - perhaps pasting the path to the page you are seeing this on - with the domain removed if you want to keep private
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Comments.Text: @petednz-fuzion yes its wordpress. I'm not using any shortcodes, actually I'm just clicking on the "Live Page" link from the contribution pages list. The path looks like "?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/contribute/transact&reset=1&id=1"
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Comments.CreationDate: 2018-04-04T23:32:53.030Z
Comments.Text: added WP as a tag as I suspect it is a WP issue that I won't be able to guess at
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Comments.Text: This is the wp demo site by contrast - http://wpmaster.demo.civicrm.org/civicrm/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/contribute/transact&reset=1&id=1
Comments.UserDisplayName: petednz - fuzion
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Comments.Text: and this is the preview page url for comparison http://wpmaster.demo.civicrm.org/civicrm/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/contribute/transact&reset=1&id=1
Comments.UserDisplayName: petednz - fuzion
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Comments.Text: can you disable any WP plugins or themes - eg whatever is giving you the background image
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Comments.CreationDate: 2018-04-05T08:01:30.770Z
Comments.Text: @petednz-fuzion tried a simple theme: problem persists. disabled all plugins except civicrm: problem persists. Why do you think this is a wp issue?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Nuno Donato
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Comments.Text: Fair question. I have no idea. I have worked on hundreds of sites and never seen this type of problem. Most of our work is Drupal. As I read most tickets on SE I feel I see more unusual outcomes with WP users, perhaps because of theme and plugin conflicts
Comments.UserDisplayName: petednz - fuzion
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Comments.Text: What is your basepage set to in `wp-admin/admin.php?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fadmin%2Fsetting%2Fuf&reset=1`?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Christian Wach
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Comments.CreationDate: 2018-04-06T11:09:59.890Z
Comments.Text: @ChristianWach it's blank. just the site root
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Comments.CreationDate: 2018-04-06T14:40:54.413Z
Comments.Text: That's the problem then - your homepage template probably shows a list of posts, which is why it's trying to render multiple instances. Furthermore, if it's only showing excerpts then it won't render the CiviCRM content. You need a base page set.
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Tags: <wordpress><contribution-page>
Title: Contribution pages don't work
ThreadText: # Contribution pages don't work
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-04)
  
  My contribution pages (that I use to collect new members on a website) are completely crazy, just showing the page title repeatedly some 10 or more times.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/f9QUo.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/f9QUo.png)
  
  But when I try to do a test-drive everything looks fine.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/vgGGw.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/vgGGw.png)
  
  Based on a similar question here, I tried to create a new page from scratch, but the problem persists.
  No idea where to start digging :/
  
  **Tags:** wordpress, contribution-page
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: This may be CMS specific so perhaps you can explain eg is this WordPress and are you using shortcodes, or is this drupal - perhaps pasting the path to the page you are seeing this on - with the domain removed if you want to keep private  
  > **username_0**: @petednz-fuzion yes its wordpress. I'm not using any shortcodes, actually I'm just clicking on the "Live Page" link from the contribution pages list. The path looks like "?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/contribute/transact&reset=1&id=1"  
  > **username_1**: added WP as a tag as I suspect it is a WP issue that I won't be able to guess at  
  > **username_1**: This is the wp demo site by contrast - http://wpmaster.demo.civicrm.org/civicrm/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/contribute/transact&reset=1&id=1  
  > **username_1**: and this is the preview page url for comparison http://wpmaster.demo.civicrm.org/civicrm/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/contribute/transact&reset=1&id=1  
  > **username_1**: can you disable any WP plugins or themes - eg whatever is giving you the background image  
  > **username_0**: @petednz-fuzion tried a simple theme: problem persists. disabled all plugins except civicrm: problem persists. Why do you think this is a wp issue?  
  > **username_1**: Fair question. I have no idea. I have worked on hundreds of sites and never seen this type of problem. Most of our work is Drupal. As I read most tickets on SE I feel I see more unusual outcomes with WP users, perhaps because of theme and plugin conflicts  
  > **username_2**: What is your basepage set to in `wp-admin/admin.php?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fadmin%2Fsetting%2Fuf&reset=1`?  
  > **username_0**: @ChristianWach it's blank. just the site root  
  > **username_2**: That's the problem then - your homepage template probably shows a list of posts, which is why it's trying to render multiple instances. Furthermore, if it's only showing excerpts then it won't render the CiviCRM content. You need a base page set.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-04-06. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  You need to set a WordPress base page. Create an empty page (e.g. titled "CiviCRM" with the slug "civicrm") and enter the page slug in the basepage field in `wp-admin/admin.php?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm%2Fadmin%2Fsetting%2Fuf&reset=1`. Your form(s) should then render properly.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Glad you could explain that for Nuno.  
  > **username_0**: ah yes, that solved it! thank you so much :)  
  
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