Title: Contact Form 7 shortcode does not work inside
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Contact Form 7 shortcode does not work inside

 *  [trishahdee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trishahdee/)
 * (@trishahdee)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-shortcode-does-not-work-inside/)
 * I want to use a collapsible area to hide a Contact Form 7 contact form until 
   the link is clicked but the shortcode shows as text and not as the form. Do you
   have a solution for this?
 * NOTE: This is not the only collapsible plugin that has this problem with shortcodes.
   I’m hoping someone comes up with an answer.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/collapsible-faqs/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/collapsible-faqs/)

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 * Last reply from: [trishahdee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/trishahdee/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-shortcode-does-not-work-inside/)
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