Title: Using Display posts shortcode in Widget block
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Using Display posts shortcode in Widget block

 *  Resolved [sroumieux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sroumieux/)
 * (@sroumieux)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-display-posts-shortcode-in-widget-block/)
 * Thanks for this plugin. I try to use in a widget with the plugin “WYSIWYG Widgets/
   Widget Blocks” but can’t get any result from “Display Posts Shortcode”. Any explanation??
 * Thanks, Stéphane
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Bill Erickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billerickson/)
 * (@billerickson)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-display-posts-shortcode-in-widget-block/#post-7472283)
 * Your theme probably doesn’t have shortcodes enabled in sidebars. You can [install this plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-in-sidebar)
   to fix it.
 *  Thread Starter [sroumieux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sroumieux/)
 * (@sroumieux)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-display-posts-shortcode-in-widget-block/#post-7472324)
 * Thanks for you answer. I installed the plugin that you suggested but it doesn’t
   work.
 * The following short code doesn’t work :
    [display-posts category=”news” include_excerpt
   =”true” posts_per_page=”5″ include_date=”true” date_format=” – j F Y” order=”
   DESC” orderby=”date”] but it works perfectly in a page
 * but this one [shortcode_widget_test] works in a sidebar.
 * I tried many combination but no results …
 * Thanks, Stéphane
 *  Thread Starter [sroumieux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sroumieux/)
 * (@sroumieux)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-display-posts-shortcode-in-widget-block/#post-7472326)
 * I will try with another theme and see 🙂
 * Stephane
 *  Thread Starter [sroumieux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sroumieux/)
 * (@sroumieux)
 * [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-display-posts-shortcode-in-widget-block/#post-7472327)
 * Hi Bill,
 * I think my problem comes from the theme I use. Sorry for any inconvenience …
 * Have a great day, Stéphane

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 * Last reply from: [sroumieux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sroumieux/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-display-posts-shortcode-in-widget-block/#post-7472327)
 * Status: resolved