Title: Output shortcode inside CF7
Last modified: May 5, 2020

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# Output shortcode inside CF7

 *  [toniup](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toniup/)
 * (@toniup)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/output-shortcode-inside-cf7/)
 * Hi,
    I have a simple shortcode that add 4 link with icons !
 * I put in my functions.php this code
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'wpcf7_form_elements', 'mycustom_wpcf7_form_elements' );
   
       function mycustom_wpcf7_form_elements( $form ) {
       	$form = do_shortcode( $form );
   
       	return $form;
       }
       ```
   
 * also this
 * `add_filter( 'wpcf7_form_elements', 'do_shortcode' );`
 * and the shortcode print my link but outside the form tag !!
 * what’s the problem ?
 * thanks

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