Shortcode als Link?

/* Holzhammer-Methode wenn mal garnichts mehr geht */
      global $wpdb;
      $result = $wpdb->get_results ( "SELECT term_id, description FROM  $wpdb->term_taxonomy WHERE taxonomy = 'link_category'" );            
      foreach ( $result as $page )
      {       
        $cat_id = $page->term_id;
            $cat_name = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT name FROM $wpdb->terms WHERE term_id='$cat_id'");
            echo "$cat_name  <br>"; 
                
        $cat_description = $page->description;
        echo $cat_description; 
    
        /* Versuch */         
        $cat_link = do_shortcode('[thumbsniperlinks category_name="'.$cat_name.'"]');
         
         
      }