Title: Insert shortcode in template
Last modified: July 2, 2019

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# Insert shortcode in template

 *  Resolved [castorpollux285](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pascal2851981/)
 * (@pascal2851981)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-shortcode-in-template-2/)
 * Hello,
 * how do I insert a Collapse-O-Matic shortcode in a template?
 * Thanks in advance!

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 *  Plugin Author [twinpictures](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twinpictures/)
 * (@twinpictures)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-shortcode-in-template-2/#post-11692829)
 * use [do_shortcode](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_shortcode/)
 *  Thread Starter [castorpollux285](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pascal2851981/)
 * (@pascal2851981)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-shortcode-in-template-2/#post-11692887)
 * Thanks for your fast reply.
 * I already tried the following:
 * `<?php echo do_shortcode('[expand title="Mehr Erfahren" swaptitle="Weniger" targclass
   ="collapse-container" id="impressum" rel="star-highlander" findme="auto" trigclass
   ="mehr-erfahren-trigger" tag="div"]Content[/expand]'); ?>`
 * But that does not work…
 * It looks like this on the Site:
 * Mehr Erfahren
    Content
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 11 months ago by [castorpollux285](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pascal2851981/).
 *  Plugin Author [twinpictures](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twinpictures/)
 * (@twinpictures)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-shortcode-in-template-2/#post-11692906)
 * check the plugin settings and verify that ‘shortcode loads scripts’ is _not_ 
   checked.
 *  Thread Starter [castorpollux285](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pascal2851981/)
 * (@pascal2851981)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-shortcode-in-template-2/#post-11692915)
 * It is not checked.
 *  Plugin Author [twinpictures](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twinpictures/)
 * (@twinpictures)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-shortcode-in-template-2/#post-11692959)
 * The code you posted above should work. can you share a link to the page you are
   testing this on?
 *  Thread Starter [castorpollux285](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pascal2851981/)
 * (@pascal2851981)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-shortcode-in-template-2/#post-11692993)
 * [https://krenn.design/collapse-o-matic/](https://krenn.design/collapse-o-matic/)
 * It’s located at the bottom in the blue rectangle.
 *  Plugin Author [twinpictures](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twinpictures/)
 * (@twinpictures)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-shortcode-in-template-2/#post-11693028)
 * the shortcode is being processed correctly.
    However, the javascript and css 
   files are not being inserted in the header or footer. Does the shortcode work
   when placed as normal in a test post or page?
 * Also, check the js console, you have three errors being thrown.
 * As it seems this is a custom built theme, please ensure that [wp_head()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_head/)
   is being used in the header.php file and [wp_footer()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_footer/)
   is used in the footer.php file. Regardless, this is beyond the support of our
   plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [castorpollux285](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pascal2851981/)
 * (@pascal2851981)
 * [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-shortcode-in-template-2/#post-11695731)
 * Adding wp_head() and wp_footer() fixed the problem.
 * Thank you very much!

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## Tags

 * [do_shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/do_shortcode/)
 * [wp_footer](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp_footer/)
 * [wp_head](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp_head/)

 * 8 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [castorpollux285](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pascal2851981/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert-shortcode-in-template-2/#post-11695731)
 * Status: resolved