Title: Shortcode in Template File
Last modified: July 10, 2017

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# Shortcode in Template File

 *  [californiapreservation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/californiapreservation/)
 * (@californiapreservation)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-in-template-file/)
 * I’m trying to get the shortcode to work in a template file (for bbpress, actually),
   and it doesn’t want to play nice. I thought I would try “echo do_shortcode( ‘[
   neon_crm_sign_in] ‘ )”, but that doesn’t seem to be working. Is there a way to
   add the sign-in to a template file in wordpress?

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 *  Thread Starter [californiapreservation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/californiapreservation/)
 * (@californiapreservation)
 * [8 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-in-template-file/#post-9305887)
 * For example:
    <?php $varsc = do_shortcode( ‘[neon_sign_in_link_return]Sign In
   and Return to this Page[/neon_sign_in_link_return]’ ); echo $varsc; ?>
 *  Plugin Author [colinpizarek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colinpizarek/)
 * (@colinpizarek)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-in-template-file/#post-9354793)
 * `<?php echo do_shortcode( '[neon_sign_in_link_return]Sign In and Return to this
   Page[/neon_sign_in_link_return]' ); ?>`
 * This works just fine. Are you logged in? These links are hidden to all logged-
   in users.
 *  Thread Starter [californiapreservation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/californiapreservation/)
 * (@californiapreservation)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-in-template-file/#post-9355143)
 * Ah, I think I must have been coding something wrong. The code from the BBPRess
   template file was like this:
 * <?php is_user_logged_in() ? _e( ‘You cannot reply to this topic.’, ‘bbpress’ ):
   _e( echo do_shortcode( ‘[neon_sign_in_link_return]Sign In and Return to this 
   Page[/neon_sign_in_link_return]’ ), ‘bbpress’ ); ?></p>

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 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [californiapreservation](https://wordpress.org/support/users/californiapreservation/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-in-template-file/#post-9355143)
 * Status: not resolved