Howto add shortcode in widget

Hello all,

I was almost developing a widget plugin until it dawned on me. No need for a custom widget. Just make sure you use short code in a text widget (which you can place in footers not only sidebars).

Add to your function.php in your child theme our default theme.

add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');

Now drag a text widget in to any widget area and just type (or copy/paste as example):

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Solved.

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