Title: Shortcode GALLERY
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Shortcode GALLERY

 *  Resolved [DenisCGN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deniscgn/)
 * (@deniscgn)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-gallery/)
 * Hello,
    I try to customize the WP GALLERY shortcode. I created my own shortcode
   to customize the gallery.
 *     ```
       function kik_author_gallery_id(){
       $the_images = get_post_meta( '181', 'kik_gallery' );
       $the_images = implode( ',',$the_images );
       return '[gallery columns="4" ids="'.$the_images.'" link="file"]';
       }
       add_shortcode( 'kik_author_gallery', 'kik_author_gallery_id' );
       ```
   
 * Now, when I put the shortcode [kik_author_gallery] into the post body it only
   shows this
 * > [gallery columns="4" ids="184,185,186,187,197,198,367,368,369,370" link="file"]
 * Not the gallery itself.
 * Why?
 * Can someone help?
 * Cheers,
    Denis

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-gallery/#post-7568376)
 * Shortcodes are not recursive. A shortcode within a shortcode expansion will not
   also be expanded, you have to explicitly expand it. To do so, try this:
    `return
   do_shortcode('[gallery columns="4" ids="'.$the_images.'" link="file"]');`
 *  Thread Starter [DenisCGN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/deniscgn/)
 * (@deniscgn)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-gallery/#post-7568468)
 * Hey bcworkz,
 * thanks so much, this does the trick!
 * Cheers,
    Denis

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 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)

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 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-gallery/#post-7568468)
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