Title: Sidebar ad wanted: Does not show without shortcode or function
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Sidebar ad wanted: Does not show without shortcode or function

 *  Resolved [project_subdomain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/project_subdomain/)
 * (@project_subdomain)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-ad-wanted-does-not-show-without-shortcode-or-function/)
 * Hi,
    thanks for this very intuitive plugin.
 * Ads are not showing unless pasting the specific shortcode to posts or the function
   to a template file, unfortunately. Is this wanted by default? Checked all settings
   to show it on all pages and tried several pages.
 * Mainly I’d like to show ads in different sidebars. Added the widget to any of
   these. Purged the cache (w3total cache in use). Don’t get the ad to show there.
   So I guess I need a function to add the widget to one of those sidebars?! I’m
   using the plugin Custom sidebars.
 * Really appreciate any help with this!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-ads/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-ads/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Thomas Maier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webzunft/)
 * (@webzunft)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-ad-wanted-does-not-show-without-shortcode-or-function/#post-6407114)
 * Hi,
    thank you for reaching out. Did you see the “Advanced Ads Widget” in the
   Widget area of your dashboard? You can use it and simply select the group or 
   ad you want to use there. Maybe you just missed that?
 * Thanks
    Thomas
 *  Thread Starter [project_subdomain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/project_subdomain/)
 * (@project_subdomain)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-ad-wanted-does-not-show-without-shortcode-or-function/#post-6407133)
 * thanks for replying, thomas.
    ja, in my dashboard’s widget area I dragged the
   advanced ads widget into all of my custom sidebars.
 *  Plugin Author [Thomas Maier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webzunft/)
 * (@webzunft)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-ad-wanted-does-not-show-without-shortcode-or-function/#post-6407135)
 * Ok, let’s first make sure that the ads are working in Sidebars in general.
 * Could you please check if using the shortcode of an ad works? You find it below
   the ad title on the ad edit screen. Please insert it into a normal WordPress 
   text widget. If it shows up, it might be an issue with the Widget and maybe Custom
   Sidebars. If not, well, we’ll find it 🙂
 * Thanks
    Thomas
 *  Thread Starter [project_subdomain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/project_subdomain/)
 * (@project_subdomain)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-ad-wanted-does-not-show-without-shortcode-or-function/#post-6407140)
 * thanks, thomas.
    yes, putting the shortcode in a text widget works.
 *  Plugin Author [Thomas Maier](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webzunft/)
 * (@webzunft)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-ad-wanted-does-not-show-without-shortcode-or-function/#post-6407143)
 * Since when are you using the plugin? I changed something with the widgets in 
   the last update. If you used Advanced Ads Widget before and it worked then I 
   would know that this changed might be the cause.
 * If not, I will try to set up Custom Sidebars on my site and test it with the 
   widget.
 * Thanks
    Thomas
 *  Thread Starter [project_subdomain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/project_subdomain/)
 * (@project_subdomain)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-ad-wanted-does-not-show-without-shortcode-or-function/#post-6407159)
 * I started using Advanced Ads just recently (like 2days ago) with Custom Sidebars
   already active so I cannot say if it works with Custom Sidebars at an older version
   of Advanced Ads.

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 * [does not show](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/does-not-show/)
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 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)
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 * 6 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [project_subdomain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/project_subdomain/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-ad-wanted-does-not-show-without-shortcode-or-function/#post-6407159)
 * Status: resolved