[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #34361: Embed shortcode is not working in text widgets

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#34361: Embed shortcode is not working in text widgets
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 Reporter:  Surbma       |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:
Component:  Widgets      |     Version:  4.3.1
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:  duplicate
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:
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Changes (by swissspidy):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => duplicate
 * component:  Embeds => Widgets
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review =>


Comment:

 > Thank you for your reply! Can you please give a working example code?

 Something like this should work (untested!):

 {{{#!php
 <?php
 function 34361_widget_text_embeds($text) {
   global $wp_embed;
   return $wp_embed->run_shortcode( $text );
 }
 add_filter( 'widget_text', '34361_widget_text_embeds' );
 }}}

 If it doesn't, that's because of the caching in post meta. See
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/10457#comment:33

 See also `WP_Embed::__construct` for the various hooks that are used for
 embeds.

 > Is it something, that never will change to make it easy to use in a text
 widget?

 Shortcodes in widgets are being discussed in #10457. There are some edge
 cases that need to be considered, like the post meta cache for embeds.

 Closing this ticket as a duplicate.

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