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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Shortcode not working in custom template](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-in-custom-template/)
 *  [kt2patrick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kt2patrick/)
 * (@kt2patrick)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-in-custom-template/#post-6672107)
 * I am using the same template and having the same issue.
    I am not code savy but
   am great at omitting and adding code.
 * This is my content-blog.php
    Where should I place the code to get my shortcodes
   working on my pages?
 *     ```
       <?php $first = "";
              global $authordata;
              $xyz = "";
              $options = get_option('evolve');
        		   $evolve_layout = evolve_get_option('evl_layout','2cl');
       	     $evolve_post_layout = evolve_get_option('evl_post_layout','two');
        		   $evolve_nav_links = evolve_get_option('evl_nav_links','after');
              $evolve_header_meta = evolve_get_option('evl_header_meta','single_archive');
              $evolve_excerpt_thumbnail = evolve_get_option('evl_excerpt_thumbnail','0');
       	     $evolve_share_this = evolve_get_option('evl_share_this','single');
        	     $evolve_post_links = evolve_get_option('evl_post_links','after');
        	     $evolve_similar_posts = evolve_get_option('evl_similar_posts','disable');
              $evolve_featured_images = evolve_get_option('evl_featured_images','1');
       ?>
   
         <!--BEGIN #primary .hfeed-->
       				<div id="primary" class="<?php if ($evolve_layout == "1c") {echo ' col-md-12';} 
   
             else {echo ' col-xs-12 col-sm-6'; if (($evolve_layout == "2cr" && ($evolve_post_layout == "two") || $evolve_layout == "2cl" && ($evolve_post_layout == "two"))) { echo ' col-md-8';}  if (($evolve_layout == "3cm" || $evolve_layout == "3cl" || $evolve_layout == "3cr")) {echo ' col-md-6';} else {echo ' col-md-8'; }  if ( is_single() || is_page() ) { echo ' col-single';  } } ?>
   
             <?php
             $content_css = '';
           	if(get_post_meta($post->ID, 'evolve_full_width', true) == 'yes'):
       			$content_css = ' full-width';
       		  echo $content_css;endif;?>">
   
             <?php
             $evolve_breadcrumbs = evolve_get_option('evl_breadcrumbs','1');
             if ($evolve_breadcrumbs == "1"):
             if (!is_home() || !is_front_page()): evolve_breadcrumb();
             endif;
             endif; ?>
   
        <!-- 2 or 3 columns begin -->
   
       <?php $options = get_option('evolve'); if ($evolve_post_layout == "two" || $evolve_post_layout == "three") { ?>       
   
             <?php
       $temp = $wp_query;
       $wp_query= null;
       $wp_query = new WP_Query();
       $wp_query->query('posts_per_page=6'.'&paged='.$paged);
   
        if (($evolve_nav_links == "before") || ($evolve_nav_links == "both")) { ?>
       				   <span class="nav-top">
       				<?php get_template_part( 'navigation', 'index' ); ?>
               </span>
   
               <?php } 
   
       while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); $first++;
       ?>
   
       				<!--BEGIN .hentry-->
       				<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="<?php semantic_entries(); if ($evolve_post_layout == "two") { echo ' col-md-6 odd'.($xyz++%2); } else { echo ' col-md-4 odd'.($xyz++%3); } ?> <?php if (has_post_format( array('aside', 'audio', 'chat', 'gallery', 'image', 'link', 'quote', 'status', 'video'),'')) { echo 'formatted-post'; } ?>  margin-40">
   
                 <?php $options = get_option('evolve'); if (($evolve_header_meta == "") || ($evolve_header_meta == "single_archive"))
               { ?>
   
       					<h1 class="entry-title">
   
                 <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">
       <?php
       if ( get_the_title() ){ $title = the_title('', '', false);
       echo evolve_truncate($title, 40, '...'); }
        ?></a> 
   
                 </h1>
   
       					<!--BEGIN .entry-meta .entry-header-->
       					<div class="entry-meta entry-header">
                 <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><span class="published updated"><?php the_time(get_option('date_format')); ?></span></a>
                 <span class="author vcard">
   
                 <?php _e( 'Written by', 'evolve' ); ?> <strong><?php printf( '<a class="url fn" href="' . get_author_posts_url( $authordata->ID, $authordata->user_nicename ) . '" title="' . sprintf( 'View all posts by %s', $authordata->display_name ) . '">' . get_the_author() . '</a>' ) ?></strong></span>
   
       						 <?php edit_post_link( __( 'edit', 'evolve' ), '<span class="edit-post">', '</span>' ); ?>
   
       					<!--END .entry-meta .entry-header-->
                           </div>
   
                         <?php } else { ?>
   
                           <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php
       if ( get_the_title() ){ $title = the_title('', '', false);
       echo evolve_truncate($title, 40, '...'); }
        ?></a></h1> 
   
                            <?php if ( current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post->ID ) ): ?>
   
       						 <?php edit_post_link( __( 'EDIT', 'evolve' ), '<span class="edit-post edit-attach">', '</span>' ); ?> 
   
                           <?php endif; ?>
   
                           <?php } ?> 
   
       					<!--BEGIN .entry-content .article-->
       					<div class="entry-content article">
   
                   <?php if ($evolve_featured_images == "1") { ?>
   
               <?php
       if(has_post_thumbnail()) {
       	echo '<span class="thumbnail-post"><a href="'; the_permalink(); echo '">';the_post_thumbnail('post-thumbnail'); echo '
         <div class="mask">
            <div class="icon"></div>
            </div>  
   
         </a></span>';
   
            } else {
   
                             $image = evolve_get_first_image();
                               if ($image):
                             echo '<span class="thumbnail-post"><a href="'; the_permalink(); echo'"><img src="'.$image.'" alt="';the_title();echo'" />
                              <div class="mask">
            <div class="icon"></div>
            </div>
            </a></span>';
   
                              else:
                             echo '<span class="thumbnail-post"><a href="'; the_permalink(); echo'"><img src="'.get_template_directory_uri().'/library/media/images/no-thumbnail.jpg" alt="';the_title();echo'" />
                              <div class="mask">
            <div class="icon"></div>
            </div>
            </a></span>'; 
   
                              endif;
                      } ?>
                       <?php } ?>
   
                 <?php $postexcerpt = get_the_content();
       $postexcerpt = apply_filters('the_content', $postexcerpt);
       $postexcerpt = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $postexcerpt);
       $postexcerpt = strip_tags($postexcerpt);
       $postexcerpt = strip_shortcodes($postexcerpt);
   
       echo evolve_truncate($postexcerpt, 350, ' [...]');
        ?>
   
                 <div class="entry-meta entry-footer">
   
                 <div class="read-more btn btn-right icon-arrow-right">
                  <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php _e('READ MORE', 'evolve' ); ?></a>
                  </div>
   
                  <?php if ( comments_open() ) : ?>
                 <span class="comment-count"><?php comments_popup_link( __( 'Leave a Comment', 'evolve' ), __( '1 Comment', 'evolve' ), __( '% Comments', 'evolve' ) ); ?></span>
                 <?php else : // comments are closed
                  endif; ?>
                 </div>
   
       					<!--END .entry-content .article-->
                  <div class="clearfix"></div>
       					</div>
   
       				<!--END .hentry-->  
   
       				</div>   
   
               <?php $i='';$i++; ?> 
   
       				<?php endwhile; ?>
       				<?php get_template_part( 'navigation', 'index' ); ?>
   
       		<?php $wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp;?>
   
       <!-- 2 or 3 columns end -->  
   
        <!-- 1 column begin --> 
   
         <?php } else { ?>    
   
        <?php
       $temp = $wp_query;
       $wp_query= null;
       $wp_query = new WP_Query();
       $wp_query->query('posts_per_page=6'.'&paged='.$paged);
   
        if (($evolve_nav_links == "before") || ($evolve_nav_links == "both")) { ?>
       				   <span class="nav-top">
       				<?php get_template_part( 'navigation', 'index' ); ?>
               </span>
   
               <?php }
   
       while ($wp_query->have_posts()) : $wp_query->the_post(); $first++;
       ?>   
   
       				<!--BEGIN .hentry-->
       					<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" class="<?php semantic_entries(); ?> <?php if (has_post_format( array('aside', 'audio', 'chat', 'gallery', 'image', 'link', 'quote', 'status', 'video'),'') || is_sticky()) { echo 'formatted-post formatted-single margin-40'; } ?>">
   
                 <?php $evolve_header_meta = evolve_get_option('evl_header_meta','disable'); if (($evolve_header_meta == "") || ($evolve_header_meta == "single_archive"))
               { ?>
   
               <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php if ( get_the_title() ){ the_title();} ?></a></h1>
   
       					<!--BEGIN .entry-meta .entry-header-->
       					<div class="entry-meta entry-header">
                 <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><span class="published updated"><?php the_time(get_option('date_format')); ?></span></a>
   
                  <?php if ( comments_open() ) : ?>
                 <span class="comment-count"><a href="<?php comments_link(); ?>"><?php comments_popup_link( __( 'Leave a Comment', 'evolve' ), __( '1 Comment', 'evolve' ), __( '% Comments', 'evolve' ) ); ?></a></span>
                 <?php else : // comments are closed
                  endif; ?>
   
                 <span class="author vcard">
   
               <?php $evolve_author_avatar = evolve_get_option('evl_author_avatar','0');
              if ($evolve_author_avatar == "1") { echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta('email'), '30' ); 
   
                 } ?>
   
                 <?php _e( 'Written by', 'evolve' ); ?> <strong><?php printf( '<a class="url fn" href="' . get_author_posts_url( $authordata->ID, $authordata->user_nicename ) . '" title="' . sprintf( 'View all posts by %s', $authordata->display_name ) . '">' . get_the_author() . '</a>' ) ?></strong></span>
   
                   <?php edit_post_link( __( 'edit', 'evolve' ), '<span class="edit-post">', '</span>' ); ?>
       					<!--END .entry-meta .entry-header-->
                           </div>
   
                           <?php } else { ?>
   
                           <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php if ( get_the_title() ){ the_title();} ?></a></h1>
   
                            <?php if ( current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post->ID ) ): ?>
   
       						<?php edit_post_link( __( 'EDIT', 'evolve' ), '<span class="edit-post edit-attach">', '</span>' ); ?> 
   
                           <?php endif; ?>
   
                           <?php } ?>
   
       					<!--BEGIN .entry-content .article-->
       					<div class="entry-content article">
   
                 <?php if ($evolve_featured_images == "1") { ?> 
   
                    <?php
       if(has_post_thumbnail()) {
       	echo '<span class="thumbnail-post"><a href="'; the_permalink(); echo '">';the_post_thumbnail('post-thumbnail'); echo '
         <div class="mask">
            <div class="icon"></div>
            </div>  
   
         </a></span>';
   
            } else {
   
                             $image = evolve_get_first_image();
                               if ($image):
                             echo '<span class="thumbnail-post"><a href="'; the_permalink(); echo'"><img src="'.$image.'" alt="';the_title();echo'" />
                              <div class="mask">
            <div class="icon"></div>
            </div>
            </a></span>';
   
                              else:
                             echo '<span class="thumbnail-post"><a href="'; the_permalink(); echo'"><img src="'.get_template_directory_uri().'/library/media/images/no-thumbnail.jpg" alt="';the_title();echo'" />
                              <div class="mask">
            <div class="icon"></div>
            </div>
            </a></span>'; 
   
                              endif;
                      } ?>
   
                        <?php } ?>
   
                         <?php if (($evolve_excerpt_thumbnail == "1")) { ?>             
   
                 <?php the_excerpt();?>         
   
                  <div class="read-more btn btn-right icon-arrow-right">
                  <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php _e('READ MORE', 'evolve' ); ?></a>
                  </div>
   
                 <?php } else { ?>
   
       						<?php the_content( __('READ MORE &raquo;', 'evolve' ) ); ?>
   
                   <?php wp_link_pages( array( 'before' => '<div id="page-links"><p>' . __( '<strong>Pages:</strong>', 'evolve' ), 'after' => '</p></div>' ) ); ?>
   
                   <?php } ?>
   
       					<!--END .entry-content .article-->
                 <div class="clearfix"></div>
       					</div>
   
       					<!--BEGIN .entry-meta .entry-footer-->
   
                           <div class="entry-meta entry-footer row">
                           <div class="col-md-6">
                            <?php if ( evolve_get_terms( 'cats' ) ) { ?>
                           	<div class="entry-categories"> <?php echo evolve_get_terms( 'cats' ); ?></div>
                             <?php } ?>
       						<?php if ( evolve_get_terms( 'tags' ) ) { ?>
   
                               <div class="entry-tags"> <?php echo evolve_get_terms( 'tags' ); ?></div>
                               <?php } ?>
       					<!--END .entry-meta .entry-footer-->
                                </div>
   
                                <div class="col-md-6">
                 <?php  if (($evolve_share_this == "single_archive") || ($evolve_share_this == "all")) {
               evolve_sharethis();  } else { ?> <div class="margin-40"></div> <?php }?>
                                </div>
                           </div>
   
       				<!--END .hentry-->
       				</div>        
   
          <?php comments_template(); ?>  
   
       				<?php endwhile; ?>
   
               <?php  if (($evolve_nav_links == "") || ($evolve_nav_links == "after") || ($evolve_nav_links == "both")) { ?> 
   
       				<?php get_template_part( 'navigation', 'index' ); ?>
   
               <?php } else {?>
   
               <?php } ?>
   
       <?php $wp_query = null; $wp_query = $temp;?>
   
             <?php } ?>
   
        <!-- 1 column end -->       
   
       <!--END #primary .hfeed-->
       			</div>
       ```
   
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Shortcode not working in custom template](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-in-custom-template/)
 *  [kt2patrick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kt2patrick/)
 * (@kt2patrick)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-in-custom-template/#post-6672106)

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