Title: Shortode or widget
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Shortode or widget

 *  Resolved [migdlm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/migdlm/)
 * (@migdlm)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortode-or-widget/)
 * Why is not there any configuration page?
 * I don’t want a widget, I want to use the shortcode, if Im forced tu use the widget
   anyway, why do I need the shortcode? No sense.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-menu-wizard/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-menu-wizard/)

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 *  Plugin Author [wizzud](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wizzud/)
 * (@wizzud)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortode-or-widget/#post-5412569)
 * I’m sorry. I tried very hard to make the usage and documentation as clear as 
   possible … my apologies for my failure.
 * You are **not** forced to use a widget.
 * There is an “_Is there an easy way to construct the shortcode?_” question on 
   the [FAQ page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-menu-wizard/faq/) which, 
   I thought, quite clearly stated that you do not _have_ to set up a widget, **
   but** that the simplest way to configure a shortcode was still to make use of
   the widget’s Assist facility.
 * For those who do not wish (or need) to take advantage of the widget’s Assist,
   the documentation for the Shortcode Parameters is in [Other Notes](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-menu-wizard/other_notes/#SHORTCODE-PARAMETERS)(
   also linked to from the Description page).
    **However**, I have just noticed 
   that the Other Notes page is being truncated, so it appears that I have hit a
   limit of some sort … I am going to investigate that further, and I will try to
   provide an alternative source of documentation. Please bear with me.
 * There is currently no separate configuration page for the shortcode because that
   facility – and more – is provided by the widget form. Duplicating the widget 
   form and Assist into a second, separate configuration page just for shortcode
   construction seemed (to me) to be unnecessary, and an over-complication (bloat?)
   of the plugin code … however, that too I will re-investigate.
 * Once again I apologise for my shortcomings. I can only hope that up are not _too_
   disappointed with the CMW plugin, but if you are I am sure there are plenty of
   excellent alternative plugins available that will provide the same functionality,
   and in a more pleasing and sensible manner.
 *  Plugin Author [wizzud](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wizzud/)
 * (@wizzud)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortode-or-widget/#post-5412761)
 * The documentation has now been re-jigged a bit – the Shortcode Parameters are
   now under [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-menu-wizard/installation/),
   and displaying in their entirety – and I have clarified that non-one is _forced_
   to use a widget (even though that is the prime function of the plugin). While
   bearing in mind the “configuration page” request for the shortcode, I am marking
   this as resolved…

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortode-or-widget/#post-5412761)
 * Status: resolved