Title: Insert Page Shortcode in Template
Last modified: January 29, 2019

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# Insert Page Shortcode in Template

 *  Resolved [Joe G.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webgmclassics/)
 * (@webgmclassics)
 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-page-shortcode-in-template/)
 * Is it possible to use do_shortcode in a template file to insert a page?
 * `do_shortcode('[insert page="404-error" display="content"]');`
 * I’m using the above in a 404.php template.
 * Any suggestions?

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 *  Plugin Author [Paul Ryan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/figureone/)
 * (@figureone)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-page-shortcode-in-template/#post-11167990)
 * Yep, that should work! I think you’re just missing an `echo` 🙂
    [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_shortcode/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_shortcode/)
 *  Thread Starter [Joe G.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webgmclassics/)
 * (@webgmclassics)
 * [7 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-page-shortcode-in-template/#post-11168341)
 * Yup! That works… I always forget that I need to include the echo. I think the“
   do_” throws me off.

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