Title: Shortcodes in Visual Editor
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Shortcodes in Visual Editor

 *  [Xanthonius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xanthonius/)
 * (@xanthonius)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcodes-in-visual-editor/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m having a problem using a shortcode in the widget. I’ve got this shortcode
   in my editor in the sidebar:
    `[btn href="#"]Go to blog[/btn]`
 * However it’s just displaying that on the front end, rather than running the actual
   shortcode.
 * The shortcode works when I put it inside of the main content area on a page, 
   do you have any ideas on how I can get the shortcode to work inside of your widget?
 * Thanks
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