diff --git a/components/widgets/utils/helpers.js b/components/widgets/utils/helpers.js
index 6d718e5917..81564c2825 100644
--- a/components/widgets/utils/helpers.js
+++ b/components/widgets/utils/helpers.js
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-const isAreaComputed = status => status === 'saved';
-const isGlobalArea = type => type === 'global';
-const isCountryArea = type => type === 'country';
+const isAreaComputed = (status) => status === 'saved';
+const isGlobalArea = (type) => type === 'global';
+const isCountryArea = (type) => type === 'country';
+const isWdpaArea = (type) => type === 'wdpa';
 
-export const shouldQueryPrecomputedTables = params =>
+export const shouldQueryPrecomputedTables = (params) =>
   isAreaComputed(params.status) ||
   isGlobalArea(params.type) ||
-  isCountryArea(params.type);
+  isCountryArea(params.type) ||
+  isWdpaArea(params.type);