diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php b/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
index f4cafd0c30..60f1778cd1 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ $core_actions_post = array(
 	'wp-remove-post-lock', 'dismiss-wp-pointer', 'upload-attachment', 'get-attachment',
 	'query-attachments', 'save-attachment', 'save-attachment-compat', 'send-link-to-editor',
 	'send-attachment-to-editor', 'save-attachment-order', 'heartbeat', 'get-revision-diffs',
-	'save-user-color-scheme', 'update-widget', 'query-themes', 'parse-embed', 'set-attachment-thumbnail'
+	'save-user-color-scheme', 'update-widget', 'query-themes', 'parse-embed', 'set-attachment-thumbnail',
+	'parse-media-shortcode'
 );
 
 // Register core Ajax calls.
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php b/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php
index 478dcb004f..db53ad7b6a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php
@@ -2684,3 +2684,36 @@ function wp_ajax_parse_embed() {
 
 	wp_send_json_success( $parsed );
 }
+
+function wp_ajax_parse_media_shortcode() {
+	global $post, $wp_scripts;
+
+	if ( ! $post = get_post( (int) $_REQUEST['post_ID'] ) ) {
+		wp_send_json_error();
+	}
+
+	setup_postdata( $post );
+
+	ob_start();
+
+	$styles = wp_media_mce_styles();
+	foreach ( $styles as $style ) {
+		printf( '<link rel="stylesheet" href="%s"/>', $style );
+	}
+
+	echo do_shortcode( wp_unslash( $_REQUEST['shortcode'] ) );
+
+	if ( ! empty( $wp_scripts ) ) {
+		$wp_scripts->done = array();
+	}
+	
+	if ( 'playlist' === $_REQUEST['type'] ) {
+		wp_underscore_playlist_templates();
+
+		wp_print_scripts( 'wp-playlist' );
+	} else {
+		wp_print_scripts( 'wp-mediaelement' );
+	}
+
+	wp_send_json_success( ob_get_clean() );
+}
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