How the widget can be run by shortcode

I think you are out of luck as wordpress core doesn’t have this kind of functionality. Quick googling shows that there are plugins to do that like this one http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/amr-shortcode-any-widget/, but if you have programming skills you should probably write a shortcode handler with/instead of the widget.

javaScript in section of WP API

Uncaught TypeError: Property ‘$’ of object [object Object] is not a function Are you positive you’re accessing the jQuery object correctly? You should look into how WordPress uses noConflict mode. In the noConflict() mode, the global $ shortcut for jQuery is not available, but you can still use: jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(#somefunction) … }); As a footnote, … Read more

Trying to wrap around first word of multiple word strings with a widget_title() filter, only works on two word strings and not more than two

You should check out the filters assigned to widget_title add_action(‘wp_footer’,function(){ global $wp_filter; printf(‘<h2>Debug:</h2><pre>%s</pre>’,print_r( $wp_filter[‘widget_title’],true)); }); to see if there is anything unusual. Also try the Twenty Twelve theme (I don’t see this behaviour there) and deactive all plugins.