Title: Using shortcode in a theme with do_shortcode
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Using shortcode in a theme with do_shortcode

 *  Resolved [elmirill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elmirill/)
 * (@elmirill)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-in-a-theme-with-do_shortcode/)
 * Hi!
 * Any way to use it in a theme?
    Something like <?php echo do_shortcode([wpb-feature-
   product]); ?>?
 * This code is not working, returns error:
    Warning: strpos() expects parameter
   1 to be string, array given in C:\OpenServer\domains\localhost\mscare\wp-includes\
   shortcodes.php on line 196 Array
 * If using with title parameter like this:<?php echo do_shortcode([wpb-feature-
   product title=’Feature Products’]); ?>, you get this error:
    Parse error: syntax
   error, unexpected ‘title’ (T_STRING), expecting ‘]’ in C:\OpenServer\domains\
   localhost\mscare\wp-content\themes\mscare\page.php on line 3
 * Thank you.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpb-woocommerce-product-slider/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpb-woocommerce-product-slider/)

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 *  Thread Starter [elmirill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elmirill/)
 * (@elmirill)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-in-a-theme-with-do_shortcode/#post-5485105)
 * Oops, my bad: syntax error.
 *  [KokoBasha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/koko_basha/)
 * (@koko_basha)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-in-a-theme-with-do_shortcode/#post-5485194)
 * try this code and tell me what happend :
 * <?php echo do_shortcode(“[wpb-latest-product title=’Latest Product Slider with
   hover animation’]”); ?>
    or that <?php echo do_shortcode(“[wpb-feature-product
   title=’Feature Product Slider with hover animation’]”); ?>
 *  Thread Starter [elmirill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elmirill/)
 * (@elmirill)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-in-a-theme-with-do_shortcode/#post-5485200)
 * Already solved this. Made a syntax error before.
 * Thank you.

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 * Last reply from: [elmirill](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elmirill/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-in-a-theme-with-do_shortcode/#post-5485200)
 * Status: resolved