Title: How to use a SHORTCODE as a function
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# How to use a SHORTCODE as a function

 *  [BackY](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backy/)
 * (@backy)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-use-a-shortcode-as-a-function/)
 * Hey guys, I don’t know if I wrote the correct thing on the title, but here’s 
   what I want:
 * ‘Feedburner Email Subscription’
    `http://wordpress.org/plugins/feedburner-email-
   subscription/`
 * offers a shortcode so you can call the plugin to show, wherever you want to… 
   but I can only use it on Posts, Pages, or Sidebars.
    Whenever I try to use that
   code in somewhere in Single.php (I have a specific place I want it to be shown),
   it doesn’t show, instead, only the shortcode text appears.
 * Is there a way around this?

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-use-a-shortcode-as-a-function/#post-4829988)
 * generally, to use shortcode in templates, try:
 *     ```
       <?php echo do_shortcode( '[your_shortcode]' ); ?>
       ```
   
 * or possibly:
 *     ```
       <?php echo apply_filters( 'the_content', '[your_shortcode]' ); ?>
       ```
   
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API](http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API)
   
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/do_shortcode](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/do_shortcode)
 *  Thread Starter [BackY](https://wordpress.org/support/users/backy/)
 * (@backy)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-use-a-shortcode-as-a-function/#post-4830003)
 * PERFECT!
    thank you so much.

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