Title: using shortcode in excerpt
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# using shortcode in excerpt

 *  [mingya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mingya/)
 * (@mingya)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-in-excerpt/)
 * Anyone knows how to use shortcode in excerpt?
 * I tried adding filter as follow, but doesn’t work.
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'shortcode_unautop');
       add_filter( 'the_excerpt', 'do_shortcode');
       ```
   

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 *  [ssdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ssdesign/)
 * (@ssdesign)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-in-excerpt/#post-2021837)
 * same problem. Does not work for me either, I am using 3.1.1
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-in-excerpt/#post-2021838)
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-30-adding-shortcodes-to-excerpts](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-30-adding-shortcodes-to-excerpts)
 * Make sure your theme is using the_excerpt and not get_the_excerpt 🙂
 *  [roibot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roibot/)
 * (@roibot)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-in-excerpt/#post-2022016)
 * Same issue, WordPress 3.3.1
 * Childtheme of ‘toolbox’
 * Call is `the_excerpt();`
 * In functions.php `add_filter('the_excerpt', 'do_shortcode');`
 * I have tested by switching to the_content, and that is fine, so something is 
   not happening with the_excerpt. Did you get resolution?

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## Tags

 * [excerpt](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/excerpt/)
 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [roibot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roibot/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-in-excerpt/#post-2022016)
 * Status: not resolved

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