Title: Widget shortcode
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Widget shortcode

 *  Resolved [elarson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elarson/)
 * (@elarson)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-shortcode-6/)
 * I am trying to get an individual download, for example [download id=”7237″] to
   work in a text widget, but it does not appear to work.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-monitor/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/download-monitor/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Barry Kooij](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrykooij/)
 * (@barrykooij)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-shortcode-6/#post-7088412)
 * Hey,
 * WordPress is by default not executing shortcodes in widgets. You can enable this
   by adding the following snippet to your theme’s functions.php: [https://gist.github.com/barrykooij/d51f02bcf54864cb63c0](https://gist.github.com/barrykooij/d51f02bcf54864cb63c0)
 * Kind Regards,
    Barry Kooij
 *  Thread Starter [elarson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elarson/)
 * (@elarson)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-shortcode-6/#post-7088427)
 * Thanks for your reply. I had realized this after posting and had already added:`
   add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');`
 * Just as a note to others who for whatever reason don’t want to modify the functions.
   php, there is a plugin that worked when I test it called Widget shortcode: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-shortcode](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-shortcode/).

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 * Last reply from: [elarson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elarson/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-shortcode-6/#post-7088427)
 * Status: resolved