Title: widget shortcode doesn’t recognized
Last modified: October 7, 2020

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# widget shortcode doesn’t recognized

 *  Resolved [clamonni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clamonni/)
 * (@clamonni)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-dosnt-recognized/)
 * Hi, I’m trying this plugin on a html customized widget. My website show me the
   shortcode but not the carousel. Do I need some other shortcode plugins or do 
   I add some code to make WP to be able to recogniezed shortcode syntax?
 * Thank you,
    Claudio
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by [clamonni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clamonni/).

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 *  Plugin Author [ShapedPlugin LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shapedplugin/)
 * (@shapedplugin)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-dosnt-recognized/#post-13531077)
 * Hi [@clamonni](https://wordpress.org/support/users/clamonni/)
 * You need to make your customized widget to be able to recognize shortcode.
    Check
   the [link](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_shortcode/)
   for a better understanding.
 * Thank you very much.
 *  [hellodeer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellodeer/)
 * (@hellodeer)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-dosnt-recognized/#post-13539366)
 * Good day,
 * Please help me with this as well. I’m new to WordPress and I’m not sure where
   to add the shortcodes you’re referring to. I also want to add my carousel as 
   a widget on my home page.
 * Kind Regards,
    Elaina
 *  Plugin Author [ShapedPlugin LLC](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shapedplugin/)
 * (@shapedplugin)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-dosnt-recognized/#post-13677079)
 * Hi [@hellodeer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hellodeer/),
 * Sorry for being late to help you. Watch the [video](http://somup.com/cYXFQaImWy)
   to learn how can you add a WordPress carousel shortcode as a widget.
 * Hope the above helps a bit.
 * Thank you very much!

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-dosnt-recognized/#post-13677079)
 * Status: resolved