Yes, the bug is also present in the shortcode.
But, if I understand it correctly, in widgets.php line #33 you call the same Multi_Rating_API::display_top_rating_results function.
WordPress will call the function Top_Rating_Results_Widget::widget($args) where $args contains ‘after_title’ and ‘before_title’ (or at least it does with some themes).
At line #33 you call the Multi_Rating_API::display_top_rating_results ignoring these arguments.
Propagating the arguments from Top_Rating_Results_Widget::widget($args) to Multi_Rating_API::display_top_rating_results solved the problem on my website.
I mean the “Top Rating Result widget”.
Currently the widget doesn’t fit the layout of the template, because the after_title, before_title arguments are not passed to the API.
Adding the two lines solves it.
Multi_Rating_API::display_top_rating_results( array(
‘limit’ => $limit,
‘title’ => $title,
‘before_title’ => $before_title,
‘after_title’ => $after_title,
‘show_category_filter’ => $show_category_filter,
‘category_id’ => $category_id,
‘class’ => ‘widget’
) );
