Hi!
The way the plugin works is, you go Appearance > Widgets and drop some widgets in the “Widget Shortcode” area, then the shortcode appears and you can copy-paste that anywhere to display that widget.
The “Please save this first” message appears when first you drop a widget, it just says that you need to save the widget (the blue Save button, see screenshot: https://ps.w.org/widget-shortcode/assets/screenshot-1.png?rev=947278), after you save the shortcode will appear.
Hope this helps!
Thread Starter
kb1234
(@karenbatten)
thanks heaps for your help. Unfortunately i’m still confused.
The current footer pages has ‘acknowledgement’ text which is [widget id=”text-3″]… if i wanted to edit ‘text-3’ where would i find that? Maybe then I’ll understand how to create this text for the other footer area…
if i move the text widget into the widget shortcode area it says ‘shortcode: please save this first’ and i can’t press the {saved} button. which is the same thing that happens if I put it in footer area #3.
thanks so much in advance.
All widgets are in Appearance > Widgets, that’s where you edit your widgets.
What this plugin does is, it enables you to use that widget elsewhere in your site. So, in your footer you have the “Acknowledgement” text widget which has the [widget id="text-3"] shortcode, right? Now you can paste that shortcode in a page’s contents or in your sidebar or anywhere (where shortcodes work) and that widget will appear there. The plugin does not change how you edit your widgets however, they are still managed in the Appearance > Widgets admin screen.
Thread Starter
kb1234
(@karenbatten)
usually when i edit widgets i just drag ‘text’ or whatever widget is required into the ‘footer area #3’ or whatever area is required and edit there. Now I see a shortcode ‘widget id=”text-3″ and no place to edit the text.
Where is the text 3 so that i can edit it?
This might help me understand how to create the content for a new footer area…
Thanks again…
Thread Starter
kb1234
(@karenbatten)
When i try and start a new ‘text’ widget under the footer it appears with ‘Shortcode: Please save this first.’ but the is no option to save widget as the save button is greyed out and says ‘{saved}’. Please any help would be great?
Can you please provide an screenshot of your Widgets admin page with all the areas (on the right side of the screen) expanded? Similar to this screenshot: http://ovo.li/83cR6S?
Thread Starter
kb1234
(@karenbatten)
http://ovo.li/uploads/fRMtdF
thanks so much for continuing to help me…
Oh I see the issue now. Something is wrong there! First step, go to Appearance > Themes and change to a core theme (like Twenty Seventeen) then check if the issue is still there. If it is, try going to Plugins admin page and disable all your active plugins (including the Widget Shortcode) and then check the issue.
You can revert the changes later, the above steps however can determine what is causing the issue in the first place.
Thread Starter
kb1234
(@karenbatten)
thanks you so so so much!!!!
I changed theme then went back to my original theme and the error stopped. thanks again.
Thread Starter
kb1234
(@karenbatten)
i’ve been using divi theme with widget shortcode plugin, we just migrated the site to a new server and this error has appeared the same as above but it’s not resolving using the same method as above.
I change to to 2017 theme and the plugin works fine…
… do you have any suggestions?
Hi,
Can you please describe what is the issue exactly?
