One possible solution would be to load the verse from BibleGateway in the back-end, using PHP to open the remote URL. However, if BibleGateway is down or running slow, this will cause significant page load issues or time outs.

The best possible solution I can think of would be to use another JavaScript function that intercepts link clicks and forces them to open in a new window. JQuery could probably do it and there may even be plugins that exist already for WordPress that will take care of it for you. This particular feature is not something I plan to incorporate into the plugin so an alternate solution would be your best bet if you absolutely need the links to open in a new window.

.biblevotd img { display: none; }

You could also also have the speaker appear properly by manually setting the width and height like this:

.biblevotd img { width: 13px; height: 12px; }

Is there a way to remove the audio link and image or ???

Glad you got everything working!

if ( isset($dzvotd_plugin) ) {
add_shortcode(‘bible-votd’, array(&$dzvotd_plugin, ‘BibleVOTD’)); add_filter(’widget_text’, ‘do_shortcode’);

add_action(‘plugins_loaded’, array(&$dzvotd_plugin, ‘BibleVOTD_widget_init’));
}

Option 1 (which I think is the easiest):

Edit the sidebar.php file of your theme and add the following (inside the <?php ?> enclosures):

echo do_shortcode(‘[bible-votd]‘);

Inside the quotations is the shortcode, so you can also change Bible versions.

Option 2 (a little more complicated but more versatile):

In the bible-votd.php plugin, add the following code:

add_filter(‘widget_text’, ‘do_shortcode’);

At the end, after the line that reads:

add_shortcode(‘bible-votd’, array(&$dzvotd_pluginSeries, ‘BibleVOTD’));

Then you can use add a Text widget with the shortcode and it will substitute in the verse of the day.

Let me know if you need more detailed instructions.