Title: Run shortcode run from inside a shortcode?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Run shortcode run from inside a shortcode?

 *  [melvinram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melvinram/)
 * (@melvinram)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/run-shortcode-run-from-inside-a-shortcode/)
 * Is it possible to have a shortcode run from inside a shortcode?
 * Some more details: I’ve got 2 shortcodes: column and widget_area. In usage, they
   look like this [column width=”50%”] [widget_area name=”Sidebar 1″] [/column]
 * But that way it doesn’t run the widget_area shortcode.

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 *  Thread Starter [melvinram](https://wordpress.org/support/users/melvinram/)
 * (@melvinram)
 * [16 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/run-shortcode-run-from-inside-a-shortcode/#post-1392383)
 * Nevermind, I was able to get my thing to work by adding do_shortcode($content)
   into the the column plugin.
 *  [saintdo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saintdo/)
 * (@saintdo)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/run-shortcode-run-from-inside-a-shortcode/#post-1392836)
 * Thanks for this =)
 *  [CricketLaChica](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cricketlachica/)
 * (@cricketlachica)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/run-shortcode-run-from-inside-a-shortcode/#post-1392838)
 * Yes, thank you! Helped me as well.
 *  [Ameisenman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ameisenman/)
 * (@ameisenman)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/run-shortcode-run-from-inside-a-shortcode/#post-1392839)
 * Yes, thanx for this solution. It works great!

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