Title: Adding shortcode to widgets (Not the text widget)
Last modified: August 3, 2017

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# Adding shortcode to widgets (Not the text widget)

 *  [jamezon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamezon/)
 * (@jamezon)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcode-to-widgets-not-the-text-widget/)
 * Hi,
 * It is easy to add shortcode to a text widget by either using a plugin or adding
   the following to the functions file:
 * add_filter( ‘widget_text’, ‘shortcode_unautop’ );
    add_filter(‘widget_text’, ‘
   do_shortcode’);
 * This enables you to use a shortcode such as a date and then displaying a current
   or dynamic date in your widget sidebar.
 * Is there a way to actually enable shortcode execution for other widgets such 
   as Table of Content Plus and WordPress popular posts by adding a line of code
   to the functions file?
 * The text filter only works for a text widget. With the other two plugins, the
   date does not show up… only the shortcode.
 * There is nothing wrong with the shortcode, since it works in in the post area.
 * Can anyone help please?
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 9 months ago by [jamezon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamezon/).

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcode-to-widgets-not-the-text-widget/#post-9378334)
 * You’d have to ask the authors of those plugins about that — whether they have
   a hook that would allow you to do that.
 *  Thread Starter [jamezon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jamezon/)
 * (@jamezon)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-shortcode-to-widgets-not-the-text-widget/#post-9378338)
 * Thanks Steve.

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