How to use a plugin's "template tag" in PHP?

  • A plugin I’m using has templates that use things like these in the backend…

    %file_post_id%
%downloads%
%file_author%
etc

    …to display the corresponding information when viewed from the front-end. I’m not sure if you would call them shortcodes? Since they’re not used in posts/pages but rather in the settings of the plugin itself.

    Anyway, I need to run a function like this:

    <?php echo wp_count_comments(%file_post_id%)->approved; ?>

    But the percent signs are giving me trouble. How can I do something like this?

    Thanks for any help.

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