Title: Slideshow sortcode appears on first image?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Slideshow sortcode appears on first image?

 *  [superfried](https://wordpress.org/support/users/superfried/)
 * (@superfried)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-sortcode-appears-on-first-image/)
 * Hello
 * I need a small slideshow with external image links on a site I am designing for
   a DJ friend. I tried NextGen, and although it worked really well I could not 
   get the custom fields to work properly. Then I stumbled on (a) slideshow:
 * `http://slideshow.hohli.com/`
    `http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/a-slideshow/`
 * This was ideal as you simply insert the html code in the text widget and can 
   therefore assign a link to each image. However, just when I thought I had solved
   the last issue before we populate the site the shortcode mysteriously appears
   on the first image. Does anyone know how to stop this?
 * Here is the code in the text widget…
 *     ```
       [aslideshow]
   
       <a href="http://www.superfried.com" target="_blank">
           <img src="/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1b.jpg"  alt="Caption 1"/>
       </a>
   
       <a href="http://www.superfried.com" target="_blank">
       <img src="/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2b.jpg"  alt="Caption 2"/>
       </a>
   
       <a href="http://www.superfried.com" target="_blank">
       <img src="/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/3b.jpg"  alt="Caption 3"/>
       </a>
   
       [/aslideshow]
       ```
   
 * The development site is here…
 * `http://www.atmosoft.co.uk`
 * Thanks in advance.
 * Superfried

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-sortcode-appears-on-first-image/#post-2085481)
 * try to add this to functions.php of your theme:
 *     ```
       add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [superfried](https://wordpress.org/support/users/superfried/)
 * (@superfried)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-sortcode-appears-on-first-image/#post-2085504)
 * Hi alchymyth
 * Thanks for the reply.
 * I inserted this into the functions and it did not work. However, I decided to
   try and insert the code in a standard text widget rather than the ‘(a) Slideshow’
   widget and it now works correctly!
 * My only issue now is that the background of the widget is white and visible in
   some transitions. I tried wrapping a div round the code and changing the background
   colour in the css, but this did not work. I then tried to find the code responsible
   in the php, but I am not too hot with php.
 * Do you know a simple way to override the background colour on the text widget?
 * If not, thanks for your help so far.
 * Superfried.
 *  Thread Starter [superfried](https://wordpress.org/support/users/superfried/)
 * (@superfried)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slideshow-sortcode-appears-on-first-image/#post-2085610)
 * Hi Don’t worry about the last question. Was easier to just use a different slide
   option so that there is always an image present and the white background is never
   revealed.
 * Thanks for your help.
 * Superfried

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