{"id":1150983,"date":"2016-08-12T09:31:11","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T16:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/using-widgets-in-the-dashboard\/"},"modified":"2016-08-12T09:31:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T16:31:11","slug":"using-widgets-in-the-dashboard","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/using-widgets-in-the-dashboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Using widgets in the dashboard!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know it may sound weird, however I am attempting to use the widgets in the metaboxes of the welcome screen in the dashboard.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve this it is advised to call the functions behind the shortcodes (see <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.stackexchange.com\/questions\/61567\/do-shortcode-within-admin-page\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>I see that in widget_wrappers.php the shortcodes are added:<\/p>\n<pre><code>\/**\n * Registers shortcodes handlers for each of the widget wrappers.\n *\/\nclass Tribe__Events__Pro__Shortcodes__Widget_Wrappers {\n\tpublic function __construct() {\n\t\tadd_shortcode( &#039;tribe_mini_calendar&#039;, array( $this, &#039;mini_calendar&#039; ) );\n\t\tadd_shortcode( &#039;tribe_events_list&#039;, array( $this, &#039;events_list&#039; ) );\n\t\tadd_shortcode( &#039;tribe_featured_venue&#039;, array( $this, &#039;featured_venue&#039; ) );\n\t\tadd_shortcode( &#039;tribe_event_countdown&#039;, array( $this, &#039;event_countdown&#039; ) );\n\t\tadd_shortcode( &#039;tribe_this_week&#039;, array( $this, &#039;this_week&#039; ) );\n\t}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>But I don&#8217;t know what is the correct function to be called to invoke the widget&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1150983","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Using widgets in the dashboard! -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/using-widgets-in-the-dashboard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Using widgets in the dashboard! -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I know it may sound weird, however I am attempting to use the widgets in the metaboxes of the welcome screen in the dashboard. 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