Shortcodes in Visual Editor

Hi,

I’m having a problem using a shortcode in the widget. I’ve got this shortcode in my editor in the sidebar:
[btn href="#"]Go to blog[/btn]

However it’s just displaying that on the front end, rather than running the actual shortcode.

The shortcode works when I put it inside of the main content area on a page, do you have any ideas on how I can get the shortcode to work inside of your widget?

Thanks

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