Question

I’m somewhat new to WordPress. I’m primarily a front-end web designer, and I use WordPress plugins for things like dynamic content, forms and really anything a client requests that I do not know how to write code for. Unfortunately, I share the frustration of many designers/developers who complain about WordPress’ html sanitization. Thus, I write the majority of my html directly onto the page templates rather than using the WordPress editor. I only use the WordPress editor for small sections of my pages where I need to insert a plugin shortcode — for a form or something. This works well until I need to use multiple plugins on one page. For instance, if I need a form plugin at the top of a page and a google map at the bottom, then I have to code all of the html in between those two elements into the WordPress editor, which I would rather avoid.

My question — is there a way to use WordPress plugins in the page template html instead of using the shortcodes in the WordPress editor? If I had it my way I’d never have to use the WordPress editor for non-blog content.

Thanks,
Scott

Answer 1

Use wordpress do_shortcode();

e.g. echo do_shortcode('');