Shortcode not working in Text Widget

  • I’m trying to use the text widget to display only the most recent ‘news’ and ‘blog’ posts instead of all recent posts.

    I’ve added
    add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');
    to the functions.php through the editor and
    [display-posts category="blog,news" posts_per_page="5"]
    to the widget itself but it still displays the shortcode as text instead of executing it. I haven’t found any other solutions beyond adding the filter to functions.php

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  • You added it to functions.php of your theme? I would confirm its in your theme functions.php and not a seperate, inactive theme or inside of a plugin file.

    If you can, it’d be best to do so via FTP and not through the dashboard editor.

    Thread Starter Lionbunny

    (@lionbunny)

    ok I replied too early, let me double check

    Thread Starter Lionbunny

    (@lionbunny)

    Yep.

    Went into wp-content > themes> current theme> functions.php and made sure the filter was there. Also added it to the functions.php files of the rest of the themes I have, just to see… still not displaying the shortcode :/

    hmm, that’s interesting. I know out of the box WordPress doesn’t support short codes in widgets (which your aware of), and it should work after adding in that filter.

    Maybe try adding a priority to the filter?

    add_filter( 'widget_text', 'do_shortcode', 11)

    If that doesn’t work are you able to switch over to the default theme (2012,2013 or 2014) and trying it again with the filter in the function folder.

    I would also attempt to see if its a plugin conflict by deactivating all plugins.

    Evan

    Thread Starter Lionbunny

    (@lionbunny)

    priority on the filter did not work, deactivating plugins did not work, and switching themes did not work.

    I am completely stumped.

    Wow, so am I. That’s very interesting. Right out of the box, adding that filter to your functions, things should definitely work.

    After switching themes, did you re-enter the filter for the shortcode in text widgets? The functions.php is theme specific and won’t follow when you switch themes.

    Thread Starter Lionbunny

    (@lionbunny)

    Yep. I added the filter to every theme’s functions.php

    Weird that it’s just not working across the board…

    Having the same issue. Found a bunch of posts on this but adding the filter does nothing which is bizarre.

    Thread Starter Lionbunny

    (@lionbunny)

    Hey Fry, start a new thread with your specific info… they always say to do that I’m guessing because everyone’s site/setup is different and what works for one person might not work for another. Maybe there’s a new fix or workaround or someone else might know the solution!

    Thread Starter Lionbunny

    (@lionbunny)

    Also, and I have no idea how, the recent posts widget just started working for my site one day… I run a twentytwelve child theme so I guess the problem worked itself out in one of the updates.

    @fryvisuals

    please be aware that not all code in square brackets is real shortcode –

    please post in your own topic what code exactly are you trying to use, and which plugin are you using.

    See: https://andornagy.com/enable-scripts-and-shortcodes-in-wordpress-text-widgets/

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