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title: Sharing Widgets
description: "Widgets can be added to WP Data Access dashboards, front-end pages and external pages. Access needs to be granted before a widget can used. The following options are available for sharing widgets: - Allow other users to add a widget to…"
url: "https://docs.legacy.wpdataaccess.com/docs/sharing-widgets/"
updated: "2025-11-19"
category: Legacy Tools / Dashboards / Dashboards Widgets
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# Sharing Widgets

Widgets can be added to WP Data Access dashboards, front-end pages and external pages. Access needs to be granted before a widget can used. The following options are available for sharing widgets:

- Allow other users to add a widget to their dashboard
- Alow adding a widget to a post or page
- Allow embedding a widget on an external webpage

  **NOTE** All access is disabled by default. Only admin users are allowed to share widgets.

The share icon on a widget right top corner can be used to open the share a widget dialog:

  [![](https://wpdataaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/share-widget.png)](https://wpdataaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/share-widget.png)

This opens the following dialog:

  [![](https://wpdataaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/share-widget-dialog.png)](https://wpdataaccess.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/share-widget-dialog.png)

## Dashboard

Allow other users to add a widget to their dashboard. Access can be granted by user name or WordPress role.

## Shortcode

Configure where a widget can be used. Please be aware that publication and project access is defined in plugin settings. Just copy paste the shortcode into a post or page. That's all.

### Parameters

Shortcode **wpdawidget** has only one parameter: **widget_name**

The **widget_name** is the name entered during widget creation.

## Longcode

Widgets can be added to external webpages using a longcode. Longcode is code which needs to be added to the external webpage. The widget is loaded into the external webpage using javascript.