Title: using shortcode in sidebar widget
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# using shortcode in sidebar widget

 *  [Full Focus Marketing](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greaterlight/)
 * (@greaterlight)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-in-sidebar-widget/)
 * It seems your short code doesn’t work in a sidebar widget. can you provide me
   with the raw code to display a portfolio in a sidebar please? thank you
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/nimble-portfolio/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/nimble-portfolio/)

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 *  [sixwebsolutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sixwebsolutions/)
 * (@sixwebsolutions)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-in-sidebar-widget/#post-4141394)
 * To be able to add a shortcode inside a widget, you must install an enhanced version
   of the “Text Widget”.
 * Here’s a pretty good one:
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/enhanced-text-widget/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/enhanced-text-widget/)
 *  [MOSHECO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenfuture/)
 * (@greenfuture)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-in-sidebar-widget/#post-4141570)
 * I installed this widget but the portfolio items break out of the sidebar frame.
   is it possible to make the items kind of slide within the box?
 *  Plugin Author [Nimble3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nimble3/)
 * (@nimble3)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-in-sidebar-widget/#post-4141572)
 * [@greenfuture](https://wordpress.org/support/users/greenfuture/), Please mention
   live URL to your page.

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## Tags

 * [shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/shortcode/)
 * [sidebar widget](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sidebar-widget/)

 * 3 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [Nimble3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nimble3/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-shortcode-in-sidebar-widget/#post-4141572)
 * Status: not resolved