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Reputation: 301

Can shortcodes work in widget text?

I used the following code in my functions.php file.

function cutOffDate() {  
return 'December 15, 2013';  
}  

add_shortcode('cutOff', 'cutOffDate');

When I add the shortcode to a page or post, it works fine. But if I add the shortcode to text in a widget, all I get is "[cutoff]".

Can someone please point me in the right direction for solving this? I know it's a nooob question (I'm a noob), but I have no clue where to even begin to look for a solution other than here. Thanks for your help!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 79

Answers (1)

StreetCoder
StreetCoder

Reputation: 10061

Write this following line in functions.php

add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');

Upvotes: 0

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