# Include a page from another page **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [February 9, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-a-page-from-another-page/771 "2021-02-09T15:49:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![garethl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/garethl/32/204_2.png) [@garethl](https://zola.discourse.group/u/garethl)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-a-page-from-another-page/771/1 "2021-02-09T15:49:56Z")
I’m struggling to get this working, and want to make sure if this is even possible. I have a section with a bunch of items in it, e.g.: ``` items/a.md items/b.md items/c.md items/d.md ``` I want to have an aggregate page (i.e. a markdown file) with a bunch of content, and content that I pull from the items (e.g. I might want to write a paragraph, and then include `items/b.md`, write some more content and then include `items/d.md`). I tried making an `include` shortcode, and in there call `get_page`, but it fails with a `Function 'get_page' not found` error. I then tried using the load\_data function, which gives me the raw markdown of the item, but I cannot render it correctly using the `markdown` filter, as per the documentation, “This doesn’t apply any of the features that Zola adds to Markdown; for example, internal links and shortcodes won’t work.” and my items all use a combination of markdown content and shortcodes. Any ideas on how I’d get this working without resorting to copy/pasting the items directly into the aggregate page? ---
**Author:** ![keats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-a-page-from-another-page/771/2 "2021-02-09T16:46:47Z")
`get_page` can only be used in a template, not in shortcodes because we are still parsing/rendering the pages. > “This doesn’t apply any of the features that Zola adds to Markdown; for example, internal links and shortcodes won’t work.” and my items all use a combination of markdown content and shortcodes. Internal links should actually work, the docs are outdated. I don’t think there would be a way to solve your problem since the rendering is happening concurrently and we can’t render shortcodes in load\_data etc. ---
**Author:** ![garethl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/garethl/32/204_2.png) [@garethl](https://zola.discourse.group/u/garethl)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-a-page-from-another-page/771/3 "2021-02-09T16:53:31Z")
Thanks for the detail. I’m now thinking of using a json file to store some of the content - might be blocked by a similar feature as discussed in [Generating Pages At Build Time](https://zola.discourse.group/t/generating-pages-at-build-time/486) though. Maybe I can get away with simple markdown in the files (to be able to render it in both places) and some careful templating. > [@keats](#): > > we can’t render shortcodes in load\_data Is this something that could be supported, or is there something fundamental that would block a feature like this? ---
**Author:** ![keats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 2:00pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/include-a-page-from-another-page/771/4 "2021-02-10T14:00:13Z")
> [@garethl](#): > > Is this something that could be supported, or is there something fundamental that would block a feature like this? Nothing fundamental except it would be a bit awkward I think and would feel a bit like a hack.