Title: [Plugin: Display Posts Shortcode] display-posts not working in Text widget
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Display Posts Shortcode] display-posts not working in Text widget

 *  Resolved [indranislight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/indranislight/)
 * (@indranislight)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-display-posts-not-working-in-text-widget/)
 * It was working fine in a text widget and now it has stopped working.
 * It displays code vs. executing posts by tag.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/)

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 *  Thread Starter [indranislight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/indranislight/)
 * (@indranislight)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-display-posts-not-working-in-text-widget/#post-2766903)
 * I looked around and added this code to my themes function.php file.
 * add_filter(‘widget_text’, ‘do_shortcode’);
 * This solved the problem. This was working before so something broke this and 
   adding this code fixed it.
 *  Thread Starter [indranislight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/indranislight/)
 * (@indranislight)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-display-posts-not-working-in-text-widget/#post-2766904)
 * Solved
 *  Thread Starter [indranislight](https://wordpress.org/support/users/indranislight/)
 * (@indranislight)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-display-posts-not-working-in-text-widget/#post-2766965)
 * Reporting solved again
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-display-posts-not-working-in-text-widget/#post-2766966)
 * As it’s your topic, please just use the drop down on the right =====>
 * Select “resolved” and click Change and that should do it.
 *  Plugin Author [Bill Erickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billerickson/)
 * (@billerickson)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-display-posts-not-working-in-text-widget/#post-2767032)
 * I’ve marked it as resolved.

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 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Bill Erickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billerickson/)
 * Last activity: [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-display-posts-shortcode-display-posts-not-working-in-text-widget/#post-2767032)
 * Status: resolved