Title: wp_insert_post
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# wp_insert_post

 *  [rl55](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rl55/)
 * (@rl55)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_insert_post-2/)
 * how do I pass shortcodes in ‘post_content’ when using wp_insert_post function?
 * I am trying to add this –
    ‘post_content’ => ‘<h3>List of users for [user_name]
   | ID: [user_id] | [today_date]</h3>’;

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [rl55](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rl55/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_insert_post-2/)
 * Status: not resolved

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