Where to put do_shortcode

So that will depend on your theme, but using Twenty Fourteen as an example it is pretty easy.

First off you’ll need to use the do_shortcode function, and make sure you call it within the loop.

So the code you’re inserting will look something like this <?php echo do_shortcode('[rt_reading_time label="Reading Time:" postfix="minutes"]'); ?>

That’s what you’ll enter into your theme template. For example, in Twenty Fourteen the post meta is contained in the <div class="entry-meta"></div>. So to get the reading time appended to the end of that, you’ll just add your do_shortcode function into the end of the div. Which will give you this in Twenty Fourteen.

<div class="entry-meta">
	<?php
		if ( 'post' == get_post_type() )
			twentyfourteen_posted_on();

		if ( ! post_password_required() && ( comments_open() || get_comments_number() ) ) :
	?>
	<span class="comments-link"><?php comments_popup_link( __( 'Leave a comment', 'twentyfourteen' ), __( '1 Comment', 'twentyfourteen' ), __( '% Comments', 'twentyfourteen' ) ); ?></span>
	<?php
		endif;

		edit_post_link( __( 'Edit', 'twentyfourteen' ), '<span class="edit-link">', '</span>' );
	?>

	<?php echo do_shortcode('[rt_reading_time label="Reading Time:" postfix="minutes"]'); ?>
</div><!-- .entry-meta -->

That will return a <span> elements containing the reading time wherever you call it in your theme. Then you can wrap it within any elements you want like <div class="your-own-div"><?php echo do_shortcode('[rt_reading_time label="Reading Time:" postfix="minutes"]'); ?></div>.

Within Twenty Fourteen that will look like this.

Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any more questions.

Hope this is working out for you. I’m going to mark this topic as resolved. If you have any further questions let me know.