Title: Can I call do_shortcode function within widget
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Can I call do_shortcode function within widget

 *  [mattrin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattrin/)
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 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-i-call-do_shortcode-function-within-widget/)
 * Hi,
    I want to call a do shortcode function within the widget? Essentially I 
   want to get_post_meta to get custom field value and based on the custom field
   value want to call do_shortcode(“[myshortcode param=”&$value&”]); Want to check
   if that will work?
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 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/can-i-call-do_shortcode-function-within-widget/)
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