If you want to place the shortcode outside of a post, like in the sidebar you can use “do_shortcode”. Using the source code works, but may not upgrade when Contact for 7 upgrades.
Example code
<?php echo do_shortcode(“[contact-form 1 'Contact form 1']“); ?>
More details see this post
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/297117?replies=15#post-1221565
Thank you semrocc and devicbojan the do shortcode is what I needed too!
