diff --git a/includes/civicrm.shortcodes.php b/includes/civicrm.shortcodes.php
index 556660919e290f19369a7362a631a89a36316326..26e1b163cb8fbde7e6a37a4d97709e0a89759d77 100644
--- a/includes/civicrm.shortcodes.php
+++ b/includes/civicrm.shortcodes.php
@@ -246,6 +246,16 @@ class CiviCRM_For_WordPress_Shortcodes {
    * @return string HTML for output
    */
   public function render_single( $atts ) {
+    // Do not parse shortcodes in REST context for PUT, POST and DELETE methods
+    if(defined('REST_REQUEST') && REST_REQUEST && (isset($_PUT) || isset($_POST) || isset($_DELETE)) ){
+        // Return the original shortcode
+        $shortcode = '[civicrm';
+        foreach($atts as $att=>$val){
+            $shortcode.=' '.$att.'="'.$val.'"';
+        }
+        $shortcode.=']';
+        return $shortcode;
+    }
 
     // check if we've already parsed this shortcode
     global $post;