Title: Create URL with Shortcode as a parameter
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Create URL with Shortcode as a parameter

 *  Resolved [mirefoot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mirefoot/)
 * (@mirefoot)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-url-with-shortcode-as-a-parameter/)
 * I’d like to create a link such as
 * `<h1><a href="/marinas/?wpv-country=[geoip_detect2 property="country.name" default
   ="(country could not be detected)" lang="en"]">Marinas</a></h1>`
 * It would then look like
 * `<h1><a href="/marinas/?wpv-country=Australia">Marinas</a></h1>`
 * But it doesn’t work, are you able to help?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/geoip-detect/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/geoip-detect/)

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 *  [Benjamin Pick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benjamin4/)
 * (@benjamin4)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-url-with-shortcode-as-a-parameter/#post-7152383)
 * Interesting use-case. The issue is that wordpress confuses the ” inside and outside
   the shortcode.
 * You can write it like this:
 *     ```
       <h1><a href='/marinas/?wpv-country=[geoip_detect2 property="country.name" default="(country could not be detected)" lang="en"]'>Marinas</a></h1><br />
       ```
   
 * or this should also work:
 *     ```
       <h1><a href="/marinas/?wpv-country=[geoip_detect2 property='country.name' default='(country could not be detected)' lang='en']">Marinas</a></h1><br />
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [mirefoot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mirefoot/)
 * (@mirefoot)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-url-with-shortcode-as-a-parameter/#post-7152465)
 * Fantastic, worked great thank you.
 *  Thread Starter [mirefoot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mirefoot/)
 * (@mirefoot)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-url-with-shortcode-as-a-parameter/#post-7152527)
 * Do you have any idea how I would add the same to the menu?

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 * Last reply from: [mirefoot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mirefoot/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-url-with-shortcode-as-a-parameter/#post-7152527)
 * Status: resolved