Title: Shortcode widget issue
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Shortcode widget issue

 *  [vonkristoff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vonkristoff/)
 * (@vonkristoff)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-widget-issue/)
 * Hi there – i Have a simple shortcode for making a sidenote ..
 * Although it works when I look at the post – it doesnt seem to allow the publish
   screen on the backend to work properly – the page just goes blank on publish/
   update .. what am i doing wrong?!
    here’s the plugin code..
 *     ```
       add_shortcode('bigfoot',function($vars,$highlight){
       	// ----------------- defaults -----------------------//
       	$vars = shortcode_atts( // overide itself with the following!
       		array(
       			'comment'=>'you arent sayin nothin',
       			'highlight' => !empty($highlight)? $highlight : 'i am empty' // if not empty then use the input OR default!
       		),$vars
       	);
       	// ----------------- defaults -----------------------//
   
       	extract($vars); // php method to extract array elements as instant variables! so no more $vars['linkurl']
   
       	return "<span class='underline'>$highlight</span><div class='sidenote'>$comment</div>"; 
   
       });
       ```
   
 * usage in post content would be:
 * my text etc [bigfoot comment=’here is my comment’]and here is special text[/bigfoot]
   and the main content carries on …..
 * thanks!!!

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-widget-issue/)
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