Title: Using PHP code in wordpress pages??? Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Using PHP code in wordpress pages??? * [Nico](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytrainor/) * (@claytrainor) * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-php-code-in-wordpress-pages/) * Hi, What i am trying to do is pull a variable from a url, ie. * [http://www.example.com/index.php?Key=hello](http://www.example.com/index.php?Key=hello) * I’m able to do this on a normal php page with the following php code * `` * But i can’t seem to get it to function in wordpress. * How would i go about doing this? Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/) * (@michaelh) * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-php-code-in-wordpress-pages/#post-913996) * If you put that code in a [Template](http://codex.wordpress.org/Templates) or use a [exec PHP code plugin](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exec-php/) ( i.e. so you can put code in posts) does it work? * [miktheguy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miktheguy/) * (@miktheguy) * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-php-code-in-wordpress-pages/#post-914013) * execPHP did not work for WP 2.6.3 (at least on my installation) so I use [runphp](http://www.nosq.com/blog/runphp/) which works great! Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘Using PHP code in wordpress pages???’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 2 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [miktheguy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/miktheguy/) * Last activity: [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-php-code-in-wordpress-pages/#post-914013) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics