Title: Can shortcode open in main table?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Can shortcode open in main table?

 *  Resolved [The Geek Man](https://wordpress.org/support/users/the-geek-man/)
 * (@the-geek-man)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-shortcode-open-in-main-table/)
 * I added the shortcode to a basic text/html widget in the sidebar as I’d like 
   your stories to show there (image, blurb and link). Unfortunately, it opens your
   content there, as well.
 * Is there a way to get the content itself to open in the main content frame instead
   of in the sidebar, yet continue displaying the various items in the sidebar? 
   Otherwise, not quite sure if widget will be very useful, as most places you place
   widgets in WP are not places that actual post content would go.
 * Perhaps there’s a way you can add an advanced shortcode option to your plugin
   so a user can select where content will open/display – like you can do using 
   html code for opening links with the link “target” attribute?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/playbuzz/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/playbuzz/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Playbuzz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/playbuzz/)
 * (@playbuzz)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-shortcode-open-in-main-table/#post-5341566)
 * Hi,
    Can you provide us more information, in your sidebar you use:
    1. WordPress text widget with our section shortcode
    2. PlayBuzz recommendation widget
 * ?
 *  Thread Starter [The Geek Man](https://wordpress.org/support/users/the-geek-man/)
 * (@the-geek-man)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-shortcode-open-in-main-table/#post-5341569)
 * 1. Yes, WP text widget with your code
    2. Using this code: [playbuzz-section 
   tag=”funny,sweet,adorable,cute,heartfelt,kids”]
 *  Plugin Author [Playbuzz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/playbuzz/)
 * (@playbuzz)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-shortcode-open-in-main-table/#post-5341606)
 * Try to replace the “Text Widget” with “PlayBuzz Recommendations widget”. To open
   the items in your site, you need to create a page that contains PlayBuzz section,
   and then set this page as the destination links in the recommendations widget:
 * **Creating a PlayBuzz Section:**
    - Go to: “Dashboard” -> “Pages” -> “Add New”
    - In the visual editor insert: [playbuzz-hub]
    - Click Publish!
    - Copy the URL of the new section page (the url can be found bellow the name
      of page after “Permalink:”)
 * **Configuring to open on the items in the destination link**
    - Go to: “Appearance” -> “Widgets”
    - Add the “PlayBuzz Recommendations” to one of your sidebars
    - In the “Displayed Link” field paste your section url
    - Click “Save Changes”
 *  Plugin Author [Playbuzz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/playbuzz/)
 * (@playbuzz)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-shortcode-open-in-main-table/#post-5341614)
 * I forgot to mention, we release a new version to accommodate your needs – update
   the plugin to version 0.3.2 before you follow the instructions above.
 *  Thread Starter [The Geek Man](https://wordpress.org/support/users/the-geek-man/)
 * (@the-geek-man)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-shortcode-open-in-main-table/#post-5341655)
 * OK, I followed your steps above.
 * I’m getting an error message.
 * I can view the page with the PlayBuzz shortcode [playbuzz-hub] no problem. It
   displays PlayBuzz content properly. But, when that page is selected from the 
   recommend widget, it produces an error when viewed in browser.
 * > “Error.
   >  Oh No! We’re Sorry, An Error Has Occurred. Please try again later.”
 * Also, using this widget, it changes our site favicon to the PlayBuzz favicon.
   As you might suspect, that’s not acceptable.
 * Let me know how to proceed, please.
 *  Plugin Author [Playbuzz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/playbuzz/)
 * (@playbuzz)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-shortcode-open-in-main-table/#post-5341658)
 * Can you send us your site URL to [feedback@playbuzz.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-shortcode-open-in-main-table/feedback@playbuzz.com?output_format=md)?

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 * Last reply from: [Playbuzz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/playbuzz/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-shortcode-open-in-main-table/#post-5341658)
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