Shortcodes WordPress not working in widgets

[hansonexperience+ 8]

Hi, I tried to use shortcode from youtube as mentioned here:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Embeds

If I use a youtube url, for example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qMTQrdwWmQ

it works great in postings, showing the embed without having to use the embed code of youtube. But when I do the same in a widget in the sidebar (in a text box) it shows the url but does not use/pick up the embed code. Perhaps this is the same problem why tubepress, smartyoutube shortcodes do not work in boxes.

[Simon 248]

This is because by default WordPress does not allow shortcodes in text widgets! `add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode')` will make it work.

[hansonexperience+ 8]

Hi Simon, thanks! Where do I have to enter this line? In what widget are shortcodes allowed? And why do some not work in features/boxes?

[hansonexperience+ 8]

Simon, I have this line as you mention put in functions.php Does not work

<?php
	
	// Theme Initialization -- Copyright PageLines 2010 -- Designed by Andrew Powers --
	
	// GET CORE ///////////
	
		if(file_exists(TEMPLATEPATH.'/_core/init_core.php')){
			define('CORE', TEMPLATEPATH . "/_core");
			define('CORENAME', "_core");
		}else{
			define('CORE', TEMPLATEPATH . "/core");
			define('CORENAME', "core");
		}
		include(CORE . "/init_core.php");
	
	add_filter( 'wp_feed_cache_transient_lifetime', create_function('$a', 'return 1800;') );
	add_filter( 'widget_text', 'do_shortcode');
	?>

[hansonexperience+ 8]

Hi Simon, I found this:

//Enable AutoEmbeds from Plain Text URLs in Text Widgets
	add_filter( 'widget_text', array( $wp_embed, 'run_shortcode' ), 8 );
	add_filter( 'widget_text', array( $wp_embed, 'autoembed'), 8 );

And put that in functions.php and it worked. Thx to:

http://daisyolsen.com/2010/10/auto-embed-media-in-wordpress-text-widgets/

[hansonexperience+ 8]

And after that I found out that if you want other dimension of the video, this works for a sidebar: [embed width="280" height="200"]

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