Title: do_shortcode
Last modified: August 18, 2017

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# do_shortcode

 *  Resolved [antonijakubaik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antonijakubaik/)
 * (@antonijakubaik)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do_shortcode-11/)
 * Hi,
 * How to insert programmatically forum?
    For example – this does not works: `echo
   do_shortcode('[forum forum=3]');`
 * Best regards

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 *  [stephenrust](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephenrust/)
 * (@stephenrust)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do_shortcode-11/#post-9422376)
 * Make sure that line is enclosed in php tags.
 * It should look like this:
 * `<?php echo do_shortcode('[your shortcode]'); ?>`

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