Title: include shortcode in Additional Settings field
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# include shortcode in Additional Settings field

 *  [gipix](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gipix/)
 * (@gipix)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-shortcode-in-additional-settings-field/)
 * hi!
 * i want to include a parametric shortcode in additional setting field.
    i want
   to redirect in a specific page using the on_sent_ok code.
 * 1. so i create a new short code with my link ( a pp link )
 *  add_shortcode( ‘link_pp’, ‘gpx_cf7_pp_counter’, true );
    function gpx_cf7_pp_counter(
   $atts ) { // estraggo i parametri necessari da aggiornare! extract( shortcode_atts(
   array( ‘id’ => ‘…’, ‘item_name’ => ‘…&’, ‘item_number’ => ‘2’, ‘amount’ => ‘0%
   2e00’, ‘return_link’ => ‘…’, ‘cancel_return_link’ => ‘…’, ‘notify_url’ => ‘…’),
   $atts ) ); $output = ‘[https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&busin…&#8217](https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&busin…&#8217);;
   return $output; }
 * 2. and then i call a do_shortcode on additional setting field in this way:
 *  add_action(“wpcf7_before_send_mail”, “wpcf7_do_something”);
    function wpcf7_do_something(&
   $WPCF7_ContactForm) { $WPCF7_ContactForm->additional_settings = do_shortcode(
   $WPCF7_ContactForm->additional_settings ); }
 * But this didn’t work! I forgot something?
    There is a way to include custom shortcode
   in Additional Settings Field?
 * Thanks
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/)

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 *  [Azarea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atreidex/)
 * (@atreidex)
 * [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-shortcode-in-additional-settings-field/#post-4171710)
 * Any news on this?

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/include-shortcode-in-additional-settings-field/#post-4171710)
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