Title: [Plugin: Allow Shortcodes in Text Widgets] Doesn't work
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Allow Shortcodes in Text Widgets] Doesn't work

 *  [Treebeard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/malawimama/)
 * (@malawimama)
 * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-allow-shortcodes-in-text-widgets-doesnt-work/)
 * Just shows the shortcode that I added to the text widget, doesn’t do anything.
   Settings are selected: Parse shortcodes
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/parse-shortcodes/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/parse-shortcodes/)

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 * Last reply from: [Treebeard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/malawimama/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-allow-shortcodes-in-text-widgets-doesnt-work/)
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