Title: Shortcode not working in widgets
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Shortcode not working in widgets

 *  [aGood3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agood3/)
 * (@agood3)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-in-widgets/)
 * I had my slideshow working at one point on my widgetized home page however for
   some reason it’s not working anymore. All I’m doing is, creating my slideshow,
   grabbing the shortcode, heading to my widgets and pulling the “Text” widget to
   my home top section and pasting it in & saving. It then only shows the actual
   shortcode in my home top widget section on the front end and not the slideshow
   as you would expect.
 * I do this on a random page on my site and it works, so I know it’s working and
   setup correctly. Is there a reason the shortcode i not working in the widgets?
 * I have wordpress. 4.5 and all plugins are updated (and have been deactivated 
   at one point to test it out).
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/fluid-responsive-slideshow/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/fluid-responsive-slideshow/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Alzea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alzea/)
 * (@alzea)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-in-widgets/#post-7293690)
 * Hi,
 * As far as I know… By default, shortcode won’t working on widget. You need to “
   hack” your theme a littile bit. Please refer to this tutorial for detail : [http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-use-shortcodes-in-your-wordpress-sidebar-widgets/](http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-use-shortcodes-in-your-wordpress-sidebar-widgets/)
 * Or you can googling, “shortcode in widget” for more.
 * Thank you

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 * [widgets](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widgets/)

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 * Last reply from: [Alzea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alzea/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/shortcode-not-working-in-widgets/#post-7293690)
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