How to use other shortcodes inside Contact form 7- forms?

I noticed that any shortcode that is not part of the contact form 7 builtin shortcodes dont work.

For example: I am trying to use an accordion shortcode between form elements in contact form 7. But the code dont work.

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How to solve this without editing contact form 7 core files?

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  1. There’s two ways to do what you’re wanting. First way is to add this code to functions.php of the Contact Form 7 plugin:

    add_filter( 'wpcf7_form_elements', 'mycustom_wpcf7_form_elements' );
    
    function mycustom_wpcf7_form_elements( $form ) {
    $form = do_shortcode( $form );
    
    return $form;
    }
    

    That allows you to drop shortcodes directly into CF7. Second is to add the Accordion in manually with HTML in the contact form, like this:

    <!-- begin class .wp-accordion -->
    <div class="wp-accordion wpui-light">
    
        <!-- First tab's panel -->
        <h3 class="wp-tab-title">Tab 1</h3>
        <!-- First tab's contents -->
        <div class="wp-tab-content">
              All the contents of first tab goes here....
        </div><!-- end first tab -->
    
          <!-- Like so, Second panel -->
          <h3 class="wp-tab-title">Tab 2</h3>
          <div class="wp-tab-content">
                Contents of the second tab
           </div>
    
    </div><!-- end class wp-accordion -->
    

    I think the second method is preferable, since there is no modifying of core plugin files. I hope this helps out!