WordPress Shortcodes in Widgets

I like shortcodes. And I like Widgets. Getting them to work together however can be a right pain in the bum.

But there is a simple solution. Fire up your dashboard and got to:  Appearance > Editor. In the file list on the right select functions.php.

Scroll down to the bottom and add:

// Enable shortcodes in widgets
add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');

Update and you can now add any shortcode to a Text Widget.