Title: Using shortcodes in the_content
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Using shortcodes in the_content

 *  [ashraj98](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashraj98/)
 * (@ashraj98)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcodes-in-the_content/)
 * I am creating a custom API search using Gravity Forms and my theme. I created
   a filter on the_content() and I was able to successfully change the output of
   a specific page.
 * Now I want to use one of my theme’s shortcode elements to make the output look
   better. Do I set `$content = '[shortcode opt=1 opt2=3]';` or is there some different
   way, maybe by using `do_shortcode()`. I would test it myself but I don’t want
   to mess up the script and lose functionality.
 * Thanks!

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