Title: Help with a php shortcode
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Help with a php shortcode

 *  [ddelicious](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ddelicious/)
 * (@ddelicious)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-a-php-shortcode/)
 * I’m having trouble getting an advanced shortcode to work. I want to enable comments
   on certain pages by inserting a shortcode that contains this php code:
 * comments_template();
 * Here’s what I’ve done: I selected ‘advanced shortcode’ from the dropdown, pasted
   the php into the php area, then inserted the shortcode into a page. I tried both
   the php echo and the php return options and neither worked. Do you have an suggestions
   on how I can get this to work?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ui/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ui/)

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 *  [GenealogyCoach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samatva/)
 * (@samatva)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-a-php-shortcode/#post-5572535)
 * Haven’t researched, but I’m guessing that the call you are using checks the page/
   post options to see if comments are allowed…. you would need to override this(
   there’s probably a filter for that)

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