Short codes are not working in wordpress custom theme in WordPress

I am developing my own theme,Every thing is working fine,but short codes are not working.

I deactivated my theme and i checked with the twenty twelve theme,here the short codes are working.

i wrote the following code in index.php

echo do_shortcode('[layerslider id="1"]');

it is not working,even in pages too([layerslider id="1"])

but the following custom shortcode is working

i wrote this code in function.php

function codes()
{
echo "short code working";

}
add_shortcode('codes','codes');

echo do_shortcode('[codes]');

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You need to use return not echo in the function. I changed the shortcode name so it is different to the function name in this example.

Try this:

functions.php

function codes() {
return 'Short code is working';
}

add_shortcode('codeworks','codes');

index.php

echo do_shortcode('[codeworks]');

On the twenty twelve theme shortcodes you need to make sure you copy them into the new theme you are building.

Hope it helps.

Short codes are not working in wordpress custom theme