Short Codes not working in Text widget

  • Resolved brfine

    (@brfine)


    12 years, 9 months ago

    I had added the short code — [product_categories number=”5″ columns=”4″] — to the Text widget in the side bar and it worked. Then it stopped working and displays nothing.
    I tried some of the other short codes in a blank page. The ones that call a page (‘cart’, ‘my account’) work just fine. The others, like the one above, do not work and I can’t figure out why. I’ve tried different templates with the same result.
    Then I remembered I had upgraded WP from 3.5.1 to 3.6. Has anyone run into an issue like this before?
    WC 2.0.13 – WP 3.6
    Thanks

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  • Roy Ho

    (@splashingpixelscom)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    From what I remember in the past, shortcodes do not work in widgets without adding a filter in your theme’s functions.php.

    Not sure if 2013 theme includes it or not but I doubt it.

    The code you’re looking to add is:

    add_filter( 'widget_text', 'do_shortcode' );
    Thread Starter brfine

    (@brfine)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    I have that in functions.php of the child theme. Also cleared the cache, just in case.
    Doesn’t make a difference. Still doesn’t work.

    Thread Starter brfine

    (@brfine)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Just to try something I created a new instance of WP 3.5.1, added WC 2.0.13 and some cats and products.
    The short code above worked in both a blank page and the Text widget in the sidebar. In both WP 3.5.1 and 3.6.
    So the problem appears to be in my Proffet theme.

    Plugin Contributor James Koster

    (@jameskoster)

    12 years, 9 months ago

    Marking as resolved.

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