{"id":7714,"date":"2019-04-07T10:08:54","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T14:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/?p=7714"},"modified":"2021-12-08T11:04:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T16:04:01","slug":"wordpress-shortcodes-php-templates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/wordpress-shortcodes-php-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use WordPress Shortcodes in the Template"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WordPress shortcodes are powerful pieces of text in square brackets added to the content area of a WordPress post or page to invoke some non-standard functionality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This could be as simple as showing an icon in place or entire photo galleries. The options are virtually endless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like the surrounding world around us, <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/wordpress\/\">WordPress<\/a> is not a perfect place and with that in mind, the content areas of posts or pages may not always be the right place to put WordPress shortcodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only other option may be to place it directly into your WordPress theme <a href=\"http:\/\/local.brightwhiz\/tag\/php\/\">PHP<\/a> template. The good news is that WordPress anticipated this and has provided a function that can be used to do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To invoke a shortcode in a PHP template simply use the following function with the desired shortcode as its parameter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-prismatic-blocks\"><code class=\"language-php\">&lt;?php echo do_shortcode(&quot;[shortcode]&quot;); ?&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>And that&#8217;s it your tip of the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress shortcodes are powerful pieces of text in square brackets added to the content area of a WordPress post or page to invoke some non-standard functionality. 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