post/page content

Question

i am trying to insert a post/page into one of my themes files and it wont display shortcodes or php

i have created a page called home in the wordpress admin-paned and inserted into my code the following:

<div id="home_page"> <!-- echos the content from the page "home" id:43 -->
            <?php $home_id = 43;
            $home_page = get_page( $home_id );
            ?>  
            <?php echo $home_page->post_content; ?>
    </div> <!-- end #home_page -->

and non of the shortcodes that i have in the page work. i installed a php in post or page and tried useing php and it doesnt work.

when i insert

echo do_shortcode('[youtube_sc url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db3XGpt6nNU]');

directly into the code it works.

does anyone know y this happens?

thank you.

Answer 1

You need to apply the filter the_content e.g.:

<?php echo apply_filters('the_content',$home_page->post_content); ?>

Also, you don't need custom shortcodes for youtube, just put the URL in the content (but not a hyperlink), and it'll be swapped out for a youtube player at runtime. No plugins or extra code needed thanks to oembed.