Title: Widget Titel
Last modified: April 22, 2022

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# Widget Titel

 *  Resolved [JanuschM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/januschm/)
 * (@januschm)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-titel/)
 * It would be great if support for widget titles comes. Currently I have to take
   a text widget to use the shortcode, because then I can set a tItel. In the shortcoder
   widget setting the title is not possible. The field for this is not there as 
   it is with other widgets.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fwidget-titel%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [JanuschM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/januschm/)
 * (@januschm)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-titel/#post-15584332)
 * Mean Widgets in the Sidebar
 *  Plugin Author [vaakash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaakash/)
 * (@vaakash)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-titel/#post-15585320)
 * Hi [@januschm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/januschm/),
 * WordPress does not execute shortcodes in widget title.
 * Even normal shortcodes don’t work.
 * But you can paste below line in your theme’s `function.php` file to execute shortcode
   in widget title.
 * `add_filter( 'widget_title', 'do_shortcode' );`
 * Thanks,
    Aakash
 *  Thread Starter [JanuschM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/januschm/)
 * (@januschm)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-titel/#post-15585530)
 * Hey [@vaakash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaakash/)
 * i will send you screenshots through Mail to show you what I mean. You have an
   mail address?
 * Best
 * Janusch
 *  Plugin Author [vaakash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaakash/)
 * (@vaakash)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-titel/#post-15586533)
 * You can contact me via aakash [dot] 19493 [at] gmail [dot] com
 *  Thread Starter [JanuschM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/januschm/)
 * (@januschm)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-titel/#post-15586554)
 * I will send you an email right away – thank you
 *  Plugin Author [vaakash](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vaakash/)
 * (@vaakash)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-titel/#post-15587204)
 * Hi [@januschm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/januschm/),
 * I looked at your email with screenshots.
 * You have inserted the shortcoder “block” in the sidebar. Not a widget.
    Blocks
   won’t have a title.
 * You must use the “widget group” block and add “shortcoder” block inside that.
 * Otherwise you can use the [old widgets](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-widgets/)
   interface and drag and drop text widget and paste the shortcode as content.
 * Thanks,
    Aakash
 *  Thread Starter [JanuschM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/januschm/)
 * (@januschm)
 * [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-titel/#post-15587721)
 * You are absolutely right, the fault was on our side – now I have titles too. 
   Thank you very much.

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 * Last reply from: [JanuschM](https://wordpress.org/support/users/januschm/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-titel/#post-15587721)
 * Status: resolved