You added it to functions.php of your theme? I would confirm its in your theme functions.php and not a seperate, inactive theme or inside of a plugin file.
If you can, it’d be best to do so via FTP and not through the dashboard editor.
ok I replied too early, let me double check
Yep.
Went into wp-content > themes> current theme> functions.php and made sure the filter was there. Also added it to the functions.php files of the rest of the themes I have, just to see… still not displaying the shortcode :/
hmm, that’s interesting. I know out of the box WordPress doesn’t support short codes in widgets (which your aware of), and it should work after adding in that filter.
Maybe try adding a priority to the filter?
add_filter( 'widget_text', 'do_shortcode', 11)
If that doesn’t work are you able to switch over to the default theme (2012,2013 or 2014) and trying it again with the filter in the function folder.
I would also attempt to see if its a plugin conflict by deactivating all plugins.
Evan
priority on the filter did not work, deactivating plugins did not work, and switching themes did not work.
I am completely stumped.
Wow, so am I. That’s very interesting. Right out of the box, adding that filter to your functions, things should definitely work.
After switching themes, did you re-enter the filter for the shortcode in text widgets? The functions.php is theme specific and won’t follow when you switch themes.
Yep. I added the filter to every theme’s functions.php
Weird that it’s just not working across the board…
Having the same issue. Found a bunch of posts on this but adding the filter does nothing which is bizarre.
Hey Fry, start a new thread with your specific info… they always say to do that I’m guessing because everyone’s site/setup is different and what works for one person might not work for another. Maybe there’s a new fix or workaround or someone else might know the solution!
Also, and I have no idea how, the recent posts widget just started working for my site one day… I run a twentytwelve child theme so I guess the problem worked itself out in one of the updates.
@fryvisuals
please be aware that not all code in square brackets is real shortcode –
please post in your own topic what code exactly are you trying to use, and which plugin are you using.
