Title: [Plugin: Diamond MultiSite Widgets] Shortcode just not working?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: Diamond MultiSite Widgets] Shortcode just not working?

 *  [GavinMannion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gavinmannion/)
 * (@gavinmannion)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-diamond-multisite-widgets-shortcode-just-not-working/)
 * I’m obviously missing something here but I can’t get anything to show up.
 * When I put <?php echo do_shortcode(‘[diamond-bloglist format=”{title} – {description}”]’);?
   > in my sidebar it simply posts [diamond-bloglist format=”{title} – {description}”]
   to the screen?
 * Any idea what I am missing
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/diamond-multisite-widgets/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/diamond-multisite-widgets/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Daniel Bozo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rocky1983/)
 * (@rocky1983)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-diamond-multisite-widgets-shortcode-just-not-working/#post-1745204)
 * Hi,
 * Try the ‘/’ before ‘]’.
    <?php echo do_shortcode(‘[diamond-bloglist format=”{
   title} – {description}” /]’); ?>
 * Daniel
 *  Thread Starter [GavinMannion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gavinmannion/)
 * (@gavinmannion)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-diamond-multisite-widgets-shortcode-just-not-working/#post-1745205)
 * No that didn’t seem to make any difference?
 * It just writes it to the screen
    You can see an example in the left panel here
   [http://herewego.lazygamer.net/](http://herewego.lazygamer.net/)
 *  Plugin Author [Daniel Bozo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rocky1983/)
 * (@rocky1983)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-diamond-multisite-widgets-shortcode-just-not-working/#post-1745228)
 * Is it in the theme file or in a text widget?
 *  Thread Starter [GavinMannion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gavinmannion/)
 * (@gavinmannion)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-diamond-multisite-widgets-shortcode-just-not-working/#post-1745229)
 * The problem appears to be that my sub sites are using a child theme and the plugin
   doesn’t then work. However the shortcodes are working in my parent theme,

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 * Last reply from: [GavinMannion](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gavinmannion/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-diamond-multisite-widgets-shortcode-just-not-working/#post-1745229)
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