Title: Display widget if active
Last modified: August 22, 2016

---

# Display widget if active

 *  Resolved [McDormic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dawebb/)
 * (@dawebb)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-widget-if-active/)
 * I only want to display the widget if it is active but when I deactivate it, it’s
   still showing up.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-shortcode/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-shortcode/)

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)

 *  Thread Starter [McDormic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dawebb/)
 * (@dawebb)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-widget-if-active/#post-5308166)
 * I figured it out..
 * <?php if ( is_active_sidebar( ‘arbitrary’ ) ) : ?><?php echo do_shortcode(‘[widget
   id=”text-2″ title=”0″]’);?><?php endif;?>

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)

The topic ‘Display widget if active’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/widget-shortcode.svg)
 * [Widget Shortcode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-shortcode/)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-shortcode/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-shortcode/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-shortcode/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-shortcode/reviews/)

 * 1 reply
 * 1 participant
 * Last reply from: [McDormic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dawebb/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/display-widget-if-active/#post-5308166)
 * Status: resolved