diff --git a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis.php b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis.php
index edb913a..4ba8ba1 100644
--- a/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis.php
+++ b/includes/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis.php
@@ -331,6 +331,12 @@ class Display_Featured_Image_Genesis {
 			require_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-' . $file . '-widget.php';
 			register_widget( $widget );
 		}
+
+		require_once plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) . 'widgets/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-widgets-shortcodes.php';
+		$shortcode_class = new DisplayFeaturedImageGenesisWidgetsShortcodes();
+		foreach ( array( 'author', 'post_type', 'term' ) as $shortcode ) {
+			add_shortcode( "displayfeaturedimagegenesis_{$shortcode}", array( $shortcode_class, "shortcode_{$shortcode}" ) );
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/includes/widgets/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-widgets-shortcodes.php b/includes/widgets/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-widgets-shortcodes.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f711216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/widgets/class-displayfeaturedimagegenesis-widgets-shortcodes.php
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Class DisplayFeaturedImageGenesisWidgetsShortcodes
+ */
+class DisplayFeaturedImageGenesisWidgetsShortcodes {
+
+	/**
+	 * @param $atts
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function shortcode_author( $atts ) {
+		$class    = 'Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Author_Widget';
+		$defaults = $this->get_defaults( $class );
+		$atts     = shortcode_atts( $defaults, $atts, 'displayfeaturedimagegenesis_author' );
+		$atts     = $this->validate_shortcode( $atts, $class );
+
+		return $this->do_shortcode( $atts, $class );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param $atts
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function shortcode_post_type( $atts ) {
+		$class    = 'Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Widget_CPT';
+		$defaults = $this->get_defaults( $class );
+		$atts     = shortcode_atts( $defaults, $atts, 'displayfeaturedimagegenesis_post_type' );
+		$atts     = $this->validate_shortcode( $atts, $class );
+
+		return $this->do_shortcode( $atts, $class );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param $atts
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function shortcode_term( $atts ) {
+		$class    = 'Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Widget_Taxonomy';
+		$defaults = $this->get_defaults( $class );
+		$atts     = shortcode_atts( $defaults, $atts, 'displayfeaturedimagegenesis_term' );
+		$atts     = $this->validate_shortcode( $atts, $class );
+
+		return $this->do_shortcode( $atts, $class );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param $class
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	protected function get_defaults( $class ) {
+		$widget_class = new $class();
+
+		return $widget_class->defaults();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param $atts
+	 * @param $class
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	protected function do_shortcode( $atts, $class ) {
+		$args = array(
+			'id' => 'displayfeaturedimagegenesis-shortcode',
+		);
+		ob_start();
+		the_widget( $class, $atts, $args );
+		$output = ob_get_clean();
+
+		return do_shortcode( trim( $output ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param $atts
+	 * @param $class
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	protected function validate_shortcode( $atts, $class ) {
+		$fields = new $class();
+		foreach ( $fields->get_fields( $atts ) as $field ) {
+			$value = $field['args']['id'];
+			if ( ! isset( $atts[ $value ] ) ) {
+				continue;
+			}
+			switch ( $field['method'] ) {
+				// Sanitize numbers
+				case 'number':
+					$atts[ $value ] = $atts[ $value ] ? absint( $atts[ $value ] ) : '';
+					break;
+
+				// Sanitize checkboxes
+				case 'checkbox':
+					$atts[ $value ] = filter_var( $atts[ $value ], FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN );
+					break;
+
+				// Sanitize text fields
+				case 'text':
+					$atts[ $value ] = strip_tags( $atts[ $value ] );
+					break;
+
+				// Escape select options
+				case 'select':
+					$atts[ $value ] = esc_attr( $atts[ $value ] );
+					break;
+
+				case 'textarea':
+					if ( function_exists( 'sanitize_textarea_field' ) ) {
+						$atts[ $value ] = sanitize_textarea_field( $atts[ $value ] );
+					} else {
+						$atts[ $value ] = esc_textarea( $atts[ $value ] );
+					}
+					break;
+
+				// Default
+				default:
+					$atts[ $value ] = esc_attr( $atts[ $value ] );
+					break;
+			}
+		} // End foreach().
+		$atts['title'] = strip_tags( $atts['title'] );
+
+		return $atts;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/includes/widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-author-widget.php b/includes/widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-author-widget.php
index bfb2adc..2919ba0 100644
--- a/includes/widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-author-widget.php
+++ b/includes/widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-author-widget.php
@@ -135,18 +135,23 @@ class Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Author_Widget extends WP_Widget {
 	 */
 	public function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
 
-		$fields  = array_merge(
+		$new_instance['user'] = (int) $new_instance['user'];
+		$updater              = new DisplayFeaturedImageGenesisWidgetsUpdate();
+
+		return $updater->update( $new_instance, $old_instance, $this->get_fields() );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get all widget fields.
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function get_fields() {
+		return array_merge(
 			$this->get_image_fields(),
 			$this->get_gravatar_fields(),
 			$this->get_description_fields(),
 			$this->get_archive_fields()
 		);
-
-		$new_instance['user'] = (int) $new_instance['user'];
-		$updater              = new DisplayFeaturedImageGenesisWidgetsUpdate();
-
-		return $updater->update( $new_instance, $old_instance, $fields );
-
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/includes/widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-cpt-archive-widget.php b/includes/widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-cpt-archive-widget.php
index 4fd4d1f..e883add 100644
--- a/includes/widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-cpt-archive-widget.php
+++ b/includes/widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-cpt-archive-widget.php
@@ -193,16 +193,23 @@ class Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Widget_CPT extends WP_Widget {
 	 */
 	function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
 
-		$form    = $this->get_form_class( $new_instance );
-		$fields  = array_merge(
+		$updater = new DisplayFeaturedImageGenesisWidgetsUpdate();
+
+		return $updater->update( $new_instance, $old_instance, $this->get_fields( $new_instance ) );
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get all widget fields.
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function get_fields( $instance = array() ) {
+		$form    = $this->get_form_class( $instance );
+		return array_merge(
 			$this->get_post_type_fields(),
 			$form->get_text_fields(),
 			$form->get_image_fields()
 		);
-		$updater = new DisplayFeaturedImageGenesisWidgetsUpdate();
-
-		return $updater->update( $new_instance, $old_instance, $fields );
-
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/includes/widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-taxonomy-widget.php b/includes/widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-taxonomy-widget.php
index b2cef7f..1675328 100644
--- a/includes/widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-taxonomy-widget.php
+++ b/includes/widgets/displayfeaturedimagegenesis-taxonomy-widget.php
@@ -194,15 +194,22 @@ class Display_Featured_Image_Genesis_Widget_Taxonomy extends WP_Widget {
 	 */
 	public function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
 
-		$form   = $this->get_form_class( $new_instance );
-		$fields = array_merge(
-			$form->get_text_fields(),
-			$this->get_taxonomy_fields( $new_instance ),
-			$form->get_image_fields()
-		);
 		$updater = new DisplayFeaturedImageGenesisWidgetsUpdate();
 
-		return $updater->update( $new_instance, $old_instance, $fields );
+		return $updater->update( $new_instance, $old_instance, $this->get_fields( $new_instance ) );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get all widget fields.
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function get_fields( $instance = array() ) {
+		$form = $this->get_form_class( $instance );
+		return array_merge(
+			$form->get_text_fields(),
+			$this->get_taxonomy_fields( $instance ),
+			$form->get_image_fields()
+		);
 	}
 
 	/**