Title: Doesn’t load scripts when using shortcode in widgets or php code
Last modified: October 17, 2017

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# Doesn’t load scripts when using shortcode in widgets or php code

 *  [Gert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gertmeeusen/)
 * (@gertmeeusen)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-load-scripts-when-using-shortcode-in-widgets-or-php-code/)
 * `has_shortcode( $post->post_content, 'review_slider')` only checks in the post
   for shortcodes and does not detect shortcodes in widgets or `do_shortcode('')`.
 * Hence, this is preventing the loading of the scripts in those cases:
 *     ```
       function review_slider_enqueue_scripts(){
   
         global $post;
         if( !is_a( $post, 'WP_Post' ) || !has_shortcode( $post->post_content, 'review_slider') )
           return;
   
       //enqueue styles and scripts ...
       }
       add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'review_slider_enqueue_scripts');
       ```
   
 * Not sure how to exactly access the widget content cause I can’t see it in `$wp_registered_widgets`.

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 *  Thread Starter [Gert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gertmeeusen/)
 * (@gertmeeusen)
 * [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-load-scripts-when-using-shortcode-in-widgets-or-php-code/#post-9596330)
 * I understand you don’t want to load the scripts if they are not used to reduce
   page loading time. An additional checkbox in admin menu might be an easy solution
   to overrule your if condition.

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## Tags

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 * Last reply from: [Gert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gertmeeusen/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-load-scripts-when-using-shortcode-in-widgets-or-php-code/#post-9596330)
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