Title: Enable Shortcode in Widget
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Enable Shortcode in Widget

 *  [OpenCode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/opencode/)
 * (@opencode)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enable-shortcode-in-widget/)
 * To enable this plugin in widget you need to add a filter
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'widget_text', 'do_shortcode');
       ```
   
    - Go to Plugin editor
    - Select this plugin
    - paste the code before the following code
    - `add_action( 'publish_askme', 'publish_askme_hook' );`
    - Update file
 * The plugin will start working in widget.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/askme/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/askme/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Kilomoana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kilomoana/)
 * (@kilomoana)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enable-shortcode-in-widget/#post-4980572)
 * So, there is a need for ask me as a widget?
 * Wrote it on the road map for the next update.
 *  Thread Starter [OpenCode](https://wordpress.org/support/users/opencode/)
 * (@opencode)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enable-shortcode-in-widget/#post-4980659)
 * askme is awesome when used with widget
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kilomoana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kilomoana/)
 * (@kilomoana)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enable-shortcode-in-widget/#post-4980684)
 * Sounds great. So there will be a native Widget this weekend :-D.

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 * 3 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Kilomoana](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kilomoana/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/enable-shortcode-in-widget/#post-4980684)
 * Status: not resolved