Title: getting a shortcode to work
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# getting a shortcode to work

 *  [Richard from Australia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/infotainerdave/)
 * (@infotainerdave)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-shortcode-to-work/)
 * I have a special calendar plugin that gets added to pages via shortcodes but 
   these are not working when addedto a text widget or the canvas pootlepress widget(
   which allows you to add html into a widget)
 * Just not sure how to get shortcodes to work in the admin dashboard area-
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/dashboard-widget-sidebar/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dashboard-widget-sidebar/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Morten Dalgaard Johansen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iosoftgame/)
 * (@iosoftgame)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-shortcode-to-work/#post-5452988)
 * Try adding the following to your “functions.php” file in your theme:
    add_filter(‘
   widget_text’, ‘do_shortcode’);
 *  [CompassBlocks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidjs/)
 * (@davidjs)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-shortcode-to-work/#post-5453215)
 * If the plugin requires files be loaded in the header, I dont see how this plugin
   will work. The required files wont be loaded in the admin. Is this not the case?
 *  Plugin Author [Morten Dalgaard Johansen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iosoftgame/)
 * (@iosoftgame)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-shortcode-to-work/#post-5453216)
 * Hello Davidjs,
 * That’s right that the other files is not loaded. However, this can be done from
   your functions.php file. I have included the possibility to use the plugin “Contact
   Form 7”, where the files are automatically included.

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 * Last reply from: [Morten Dalgaard Johansen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iosoftgame/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-shortcode-to-work/#post-5453216)
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