Title: [Plugin: Dynamic Widgets] Dynamic widgets  with shortcodes inside
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Dynamic Widgets] Dynamic widgets with shortcodes inside

 *  Resolved [isaitorres](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isaitorres/)
 * (@isaitorres)
 * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-dynamic-widgets-dynamic-widgets-with-shortcodes-inside/)
 * Hello!
 * First af all, thanks for the plugin, but I’m having a little problem with a widget
   in my website. It’s showing on pages I don’t want it not to. I just added shortcodes
   to this widget, is that the reason? Before I did this, the plugin worked great.
   Can you tell me what I did wrong? Does the plugin hide/show widgets with shorcodes?
   
   The website is this: [http://www.lauriegardner.com/words-of-wisdom](http://www.lauriegardner.com/words-of-wisdom)
   and I want to hide the last plugin on the right (words of wisdom).
 * Thanks for the help.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dynamic-widgets/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dynamic-widgets/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Qurl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qurl/)
 * (@qurl)
 * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-dynamic-widgets-dynamic-widgets-with-shortcodes-inside/#post-2805819)
 * Please make sure the rules you have set are still there in the Dynamic Widgets
   settings for that specific widget. It does happen sometimes WordPress replaces
   widgets after an update.
 * When everything is still fine, what happens when you remove those shortcodes 
   again? Does it start working again?
 *  Thread Starter [isaitorres](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isaitorres/)
 * (@isaitorres)
 * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-dynamic-widgets-dynamic-widgets-with-shortcodes-inside/#post-2805825)
 * Thanks for the response!
    No, It doesn’t work when I remove the shortcodes and
   only the simple html code remains. It still shows on the pages I don’t want it
   to do. Do I have to deactivate and activate the plugin again? Because I already
   did it once before (without the shortcodes included) and it worked. But now with
   the shortcodes included it just doesn’t work. any advice?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Qurl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qurl/)
 * (@qurl)
 * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-dynamic-widgets-dynamic-widgets-with-shortcodes-inside/#post-2805834)
 * Ok, that rules out a possible issue with shortcodes. Something else seems to 
   be the problem. I don’t think a deactivation – reactivation of Dynamic Widgets
   will fix the issue. But it’s always worth a try of course.
 * Did you change something else? Another template e.g.?
 *  Thread Starter [isaitorres](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isaitorres/)
 * (@isaitorres)
 * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-dynamic-widgets-dynamic-widgets-with-shortcodes-inside/#post-2805875)
 * I just deactivated and activated and it works on some pages that it wasn’t working
   before.
    about another template… I duplicated a page template from my theme and
   added php code to show my recent posts and categories. On that page is where 
   the widget shows. Do you think that’s the problem?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Qurl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qurl/)
 * (@qurl)
 * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-dynamic-widgets-dynamic-widgets-with-shortcodes-inside/#post-2805878)
 * Yes, that might be a problem. DW probably detects that page as something else.
 *  Thread Starter [isaitorres](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isaitorres/)
 * (@isaitorres)
 * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-dynamic-widgets-dynamic-widgets-with-shortcodes-inside/#post-2805879)
 * Do you know how can I fix it? or the best approach to find a solution?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Qurl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qurl/)
 * (@qurl)
 * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-dynamic-widgets-dynamic-widgets-with-shortcodes-inside/#post-2805890)
 * Did you follow the guidelines for template hierarchy? For DW that’s very important.
 * You can also try to switch DW into ‘OLD’ method. It does help sometimes. You 
   can do that by going to the DW overview page, at the bottom click ‘Advanced’ 
   and then tick the box for using OLD method.
 *  Thread Starter [isaitorres](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isaitorres/)
 * (@isaitorres)
 * [13 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-dynamic-widgets-dynamic-widgets-with-shortcodes-inside/#post-2805910)
 * Thanks! it worked great on the ‘OLD’ method.
 * Problem solved! 😉

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