Title: Shortcode doesn’t work within widget
Last modified: December 2, 2016

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# Shortcode doesn’t work within widget

 *  Resolved [Marty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bozzmedia/)
 * (@bozzmedia)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-within-widget/)
 * I’d love to use this in a widget, doesn’t seem to work unfortunately.

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 *  Thread Starter [Marty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bozzmedia/)
 * (@bozzmedia)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-within-widget/#post-8504729)
 * I ended up using Black MCE Studio Widget to get around this instead of using 
   a text widget. Probably best practice anyway.
 *  Plugin Author [acekyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acekyd/)
 * (@acekyd)
 * [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-within-widget/#post-8549767)
 * A text widget wouldn’t process your shortcodes i believe. Glad you found a way
   around that

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 * Last reply from: [acekyd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acekyd/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-doesnt-work-within-widget/#post-8549767)
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