Title: Custom Shortcode not rendered
Last modified: January 14, 2019

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# Custom Shortcode not rendered

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 * [7 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-shortcode-not-rendered/)
 * How to use a custom shortcode like a “magic tag” to use to set default value 
   of a single line field or a hidden field?
    Tried to add a shortcode inside “Value”
   of an hidden field and also tried to add a shortcode into template of Email Notification,
   but don’t work it return exact shortcode string.

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