Title: shortcode not working in text widget
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# shortcode not working in text widget

 *  Resolved [gillw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gillw/)
 * (@gillw)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-in-text-widget-1/)
 * Hi
    I posted the following – [ninja_forms_modal_form id=2 text_link=”Email”] –
   into a text widget for one of my sidebars. It just ouput the text into the sidebar
   rather than create a link (pasted the same into a page and it worked.) Am I missing
   something obvious or can I not use the shortcode in this way. Thanks Gillian
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 *  Thread Starter [gillw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gillw/)
 * (@gillw)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-in-text-widget-1/#post-5202643)
 * Hi
    Ignore me – I was missing the obvious – and have found the solution – add_filter(‘
   widget_text’, ‘do_shortcode’); in my child themes functions.php. Gillian

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