How do I get shortcodes to expand in the header or footer?

Scenario

echo do_shortcode( "[nivo]" );
echo do_shortcode( "[bw_tides tideurl=http://www.tidetimes.org.uk/chichester-harbour-entrance-tide-times.rss]" );
 

• The plugins for the shortcodes ( oik-nivo-slider and uk-tides are activated
• The plugin upon which they depend ( oik ) is also activated
• There are no shortcodes in the page content nor text widgets

Explanation

• To save a little time on each page load, the oik base plugin defers registering shortcodes until it believes it’s necessary.
• It determines this by checking for a [ in any content that may be expected to contain shortcodes.
• When it sees a [ it invokes the oik_add_shortcodes action.
• Plugins such as oik-nivo-slider and uk-tides respond to this action, and define their own shortcodes
• It’s possible that by the time you get to your code, the oik based shortcodes have not been registered, so the codes don’t get expanded.

Solution – PHP code change

do_action( "oik_add_shortcodes" );
echo do_shortcode( "[nivo]" );
echo do_shortcode( "[bw_tides tideurl=http://www.tidetimes.org.uk/chichester-harbour-entrance-tide-times.rss]" );
 

Solution – no PHP code

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