slideshow :WordPress shortcode in widget

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  maidiebike · Member · Jan 16, 2011 at 1:48 pm

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  Is it possible to put in the WordPress slideshow short code in an image widget? I realize one can use the Flickr widget but I have no interest in uploading a pile of more pics in Flickr.

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  airodyssey · Member · Jan 16, 2011 at 6:16 pm

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  Hi. I think the Images widget only accepts actual image URLs.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/image-widget/

  If you want to put a slideshow on a sidebar, you can indeed use the Flickr widget or SlideShare:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/slideshow-in-sidebar-2