Title: do_shortcode returning 500 error
Last modified: July 19, 2017

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# do_shortcode returning 500 error

 *  [tanmccuin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tanmccuin/)
 * (@tanmccuin)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/do_shortcode-returning-500-error/)
 * While the exact same shortcode works when used inside of the editor – when i 
   use do_shortcode:
 *     ```
       <?php echo do_shortcode('[easy-instagram user_id='xxxxxxx'  limit=8 template=horizontal thumb_click="thickbox" caption_char_limit=0 caption_hashtag=false]'); ?>
       ```
   
 * it shuts the page down with a 500 error. Has anyone else experienced this?
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by [tanmccuin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tanmccuin/).

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