shortcode on category description

I am trying to put a shortcode category description to display a custom menu. I use the plugin Widgets on Pages. It works perfectly on regular pages and even on a woocommerce product when put in the description field. Just not on a category or tag description. Not working, meaning the page will not load after putting the short code there. Just blank. [widgets_on_pages id=1] is what I try to place. Sanitation or stripping code issue?

Found some info and tried this in my functions.php
add_filter( ‘term_description’, ‘do_shortcode’ );

Not working ether. Please help.