WordPress shortcodes only working in posts, not pages. Custom theme

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I’m building a theme for a friend but some some reason I can’t get shortcodes to work in Pages. They only work in Posts.

My page.php file is very simple at the moment:

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<?php get_header(); ?>
<?php
if (have_posts()) :
    while (have_posts()) : the_post();
        echo '<div class="hero-unit"><div class="container"><h1>'.get_the_title().'</h1></div></div>';
        echo '<div class="container clearfix" id="main-content">'.get_the_content().'</div>';
    endwhile;
endif;
?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

This is working fine but is just displaying the shortcode as text.
IE I am trying to use the shortcode [wp_sitemap_page] the page just renders ‘[wp_sitemap_page]’ in text.

What could be the issue?

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  1. Your post content is displayed via echo get_the_content() which is a function that returns the content WITHOUT applying the default filters (wpautop, do_shortcode etc) that are applied normally when you use the_content() instead.

    This should fix it:

    <?php
if (have_posts()) :
    while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
        <div class="hero-unit"><div class="container"><h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1></div></div>
        <div class="container clearfix" id="main-content"><?php the_content(); ?></div>
    <?php endwhile;
endif;
?>