Title: Using shortcode in php
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Using shortcode in php

 *  [Joshaw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshaw/)
 * (@joshaw)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-in-php/)
 * Hi,
 * I want to include this plugin on a category page php file. I used
    <?php echo
   do_shortcode(“[cvg-gallery galleryId=’1′ mode=’playlist’ /]”); ?> But the shortcode
   just appears on the site. Although if I paste the shortcode into a post, the 
   video player appears just fine.
 * Can you suggest a fix for this please?
 * Thanks
 * Jo
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