Why does encoding stops in regular text widget?

Hi!

Yes, the plugin encodes all widget_text blocks by default. What theme are you using?

You might need to manually encode the widget text, or switch to the Pro version that handles these corner-cases better.

I am using salient by ThemeNectar. I tried to work with the encode tag but it didn’t worked.

Then you’ll need to either adjust the code of your theme (because it doesn’t support shortcodes/filters) or purchase the premium version.