Using Custom Sidebars with User Submitted Posts

Hi @pnichols220,

I hope you are well today and thank you for your question.

Are you talking about the following “User Submitted Posts” plugin?

If yes then you can allow posting from the sidebar by adding the shortcode provided by “User Submitted Posts” plugin in the text widget and add that text widget in the custom sidebar.

If the shortcode doesn’t execute in the widget then you will have to use the solution posted in the following article.

http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/daily-tip-how-to-use-shortcodes-in-wordpress-text-widgets/

Best Regards,
WPMU DEV