Justin Tadlock

Quote This is yet another quote plugin. It has been a script I’ve used on my personal blog for a few years that I figured I’d share with the rest of the WordPress community.
Basically, it lets you show quotations on your blog in one of three ways:
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<li><code>quote_this()</code> template tag for your theme template files.</li>
<li><code>[quote-this]</code> shortcode for adding it to your posts and pages.</li>
<li>Quote This widget for use in widget areas.</li>
</ul>

Quote This

Allows the user to call random quotes with the quote_this() function, [quote-this] shortcode, or Quote This widget.

Frank Neumann-Staude

This plugin implements 2 new shortcodes.
[widget name=”” classname=” instance=””] to use a widget per shortcode in the content area from a page/post.
name is the name of the widget, e.g. Calendar. 
classname is the name of the PHP Class that implement the widget. 
You can use name or classname.
So are [widget name=”Kalender” instance=”title=Hello,World!”] 
and [widget classname=”WP_Widget_Calendar” instance=”title=Hello,World!”] 
produce the same output.
instance are the attributs of the widget. e.g. title=Hello,World! so the complete shortcode is 
[widget name=”Calendar” instance=”title=Hello,World!”]
For the instance list of the WordPress builtin Widgets look at https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_widget 
For other Widgets look at the source code from the widget or ask the widget author.
[sidebar name=””] to use a sidebar (with all widgets) in the content area from a page/post.
name is the name of the sidebar e.g. Showcase Sidebar so the complete shortcode is 
[sidebar name=”Showcase Sidebar”]
For own css styling, the plugin wraps the widgets in < div id=”Widget_Name” class=”widget_shortcode”> and the sidebar in < div id=”Sidebar_Name” class=”sidebar_shortcode”>
If your want report a bug or a feature, please use http://bugs.staude.net
Entrys in the changelog with numbers means the ticket id on 
http://bugs.staude.net

Widget or Sidebar Shortcode

Use widgets or sidebars per shortcode in the content area from pages/posts

Quote This vs Widget or Sidebar Shortcode