{"id":934,"date":"2017-10-17T13:46:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T12:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/act\/?post_type=kbe_knowledgebase&#038;p=934"},"modified":"2019-06-14T10:12:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T09:12:52","slug":"wordpress-widgets-and-shortcodes","status":"publish","type":"kbe_knowledgebase","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/act\/knowledgebase\/wordpress-widgets-and-shortcodes\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Widgets and Shortcodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"accordion-1\" class=\"accordion no-js\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-1-t1\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\tWidgets\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1-c1\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3>Overview<\/h3>\n<p>Read more about widgets here: <a href=\"https:\/\/easywpguide.com\/wordpress-manual\/appearance\/widgets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/easywpguide.com\/wordpress-manual\/appearance\/widgets\/<\/a><br \/>\nWidgets allow you to put a piece of content in sidebars. Sidebars will then be displayed in various parts of your site (defined by the website theme).<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-935 colorbox-934\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/act\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/screenshots\/widget_example.png\" alt=\"widget example\" width=\"865\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/act\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/screenshots\/widget_example.png 865w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/act\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/screenshots\/widget_example-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/act\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/screenshots\/widget_example-768x365.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the standard WordPress widgets, you can have other widgets depending on activated plugins, such as Carousel Slider, SiteOrigin widgets, theme related widgets\u2026<\/p>\n<h3>Widgets in pages<\/h3>\n<p>If you wish to display a widget in a page, you need to activate an extra plugin \u201camr shortcode any widget\u201c. This plugin will allow you to call the widget in the page main content, using a <a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Shortcode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shortcode<\/a> (see shortcode section below). The procedure is the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Activate the amr shortcode any widget plugin<\/li>\n<li>Go to Appearance \/ Widgets<\/li>\n<li>Drag and drop the RSS widget to the field \u201cWidgets for Shortcodes\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Get the associated shortcode at the bottom of your new added item: example: \u201c<br \/>Widget not in any sidebars<br \/> \u201c<\/li>\n<li>Now go to a page and paste this shortcode in the text of the page<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>Site Origin page editor<\/u>: If you are editing your pages with the SiteOrigin page editor, you can directly load the widgets in your page rows. No need to use the \u201camr shortcode any widget\u201c plugin.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-1-t2\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-1-c2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\tShortcodes\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-1-c2\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h2>Shortcodes<\/h2>\n<p>Shortcodes are a way to call for specific content and add it into the content of a page, or post.<\/p>\n<p>A shortcode is always contained in square brackets [shortcode example] .<\/p>\n<p>For instance, you can include a slideshow in your page by putting the shortcode that was generated by your Carousel Slider plugin (example of the shortcode: [carousel_slide id=&#8217;2958&#8242;] )<\/p>\n<p>WordPress contains some default shortcodes:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-938 colorbox-934\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/act\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/screenshots\/default_shortcodes.png\" alt=\"WP default shortcodes\" width=\"115\" height=\"113\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more on shortcodes: <a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Shortcode\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Shortcode<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"accordion-2\" class=\"accordion no-js\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-2-t1\" class=\"accordion-title js-accordion-controller\" aria-controls=\"accordion-2-c1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\tWidgets\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"accordion-2-c1\" class=\"accordion-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t  Overview  Read more about widgets here: https:\/\/easywpguide.com\/wordpress-manual\/appearance\/widgets\/  Widgets allow you to put a piece of content in sidebars. 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