<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/images/image.jpg not working in sidebar

Question

Hoping someone can answer this!

I'm using

<img src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/images/image.jpg">  

for my header and it is working. But when I try to use it in a sidebar text widget it won't show the image. Any ideas??

Thanks!

Answer 1

PHP code won't run inside of a text widget. There are plugins that will let you do that, but this type of thing is strongly discouraged.

Add this code to your functions.php file, or better yet, make it a simple little plugin:

// Enable the use of shortcodes within widgets.
add_filter( 'widget_text', 'do_shortcode' ); 

// Assign the tag for our shortcode and identify the function that will run. 
add_shortcode( 'template_directory_uri', 'wpse61170_template_directory_uri' );

// Define function 
function wpse61170_template_directory_uri() {
    return get_template_directory_uri();
}

To use it in the admin, add the shortcode [template_directory_uri] to your text widget, and the template directory will be output e.g.

[template_directory_uri]/images/image.jpg

Answer 2

You can use a php widget, which is a plain text widget adapted to be able to execute php. See WordPress › PHP Code Widget « WordPress Plugins by http://ottodestruct.com

Answer 3

A simple solution would be to upload the image to media, and use the url as the src for the image in the text widget.