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Custom widgets in theme option page

I'm trying to create a simple theme options page that uses widgets to change the layout of content on the front page. I started off by using meta boxes not realizing that the position is based on ...
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Problem aligning widgets in a row [closed]

I have added two widget areas at the bottom of the homepage content at http://79.170.40.241/refthecoffeefactory.co.uk/ I am having a problem aligning them horizontally. I also came across the same ...
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Widgets input/content not visible

I created a theme, and when I drag and drop a widget in the widgets area the widget's content is hidden. This is what I attempted: Switch with other theme and activate my theme (doesn't work) copy ...
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Adding custom widgets to theme sidebar on activation

I have a custom widget in my theme with the id of "widget_my_box_menu" and I'm trying to add that widget to my theme's main sidebar on theme activation. The main sidebar's id is "home-sidebar-widget" ...
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Should I use set_transient or update_option?

I want to store some Twitter API data in WordPress. After every hour, I want to fetch new data from Twitter, and update only if the data is successfully retrieved from API (sometimes the API gives ...
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How to store widget fields data as an array?

I am creating a widget, it needs to store about 10 IDs. Right now I'm using following field method to store each of the ID in a separate field. It stores data of each field in a separately in the ...
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My widget won't show up [closed]

I have built a widget class such as (using pear naming standards): class CoreTheme_Adminpanel_Widgets_Download extends WP_Widget{ function CoreTheme_Adminpanel_Widgets_Download(){ ...
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Registering Sidebars and Sidebar Widgets. Sidebar Widgets Not Displaying

I am registering sidebars and sidebar widgets. The theme currently supports two sidebars. Primary and Secondary. add_action('widgets_init', array($this, 'add_sidebars'), 10, 2); public function ...
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Add tinymce to widget textareas

I've got several custom widgets which are extended from WP_widget. Many of these have textarea fields. I'd like to be able to apply a special css class to certain of these textareas in order to ...
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How to determine which registered sidebar area a custom widget is loaded into

I have a custom widget that I want to apply conditional logic to, depending on its parent sidebar's registered ID. For example, my theme has 6 registered sidebar widget areas. I have a custom widget ...
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Widget for Sitewide Editable Content? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Add New Footer Widget Area with Limited Options? I have a banner and a footer that I need to be editable, but I'm not sure if a widget is the best way to accomplish ...
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Adding a div to wrap widget content after the widget title

I'm trying to add a div to widget's content in my dynamic sidebar. Here is the register code; register_sidebar(array( 'name' => "Sidebar1", 'id' => 'home-sidebar-1', ...
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Where to put my code: plugin or functions.php?

Is there an easy to understand scheme to decide what kind of code belongs to a plugin or the theme’s functions.php? There are many cases and many debates about that topic, mostly because there are ...
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Theme development: Pre-activated widgets [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Programmatically add widgets to sidebars Is it possible to develop a theme that has certain widgets automatically activated when the theme is activated? For example: ...
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How to Modify a Widgets UL and/or LI Classes

Im attempting to use twitter UL styles on a custom menu widget. For example, in BootStrap they have a Nav List Style for UL's <ul class="nav nav-list"> <li class="nav-header">List ...
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register_sidebar ignores 'id' and 'class'

I am using the following to register a widget area: if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) register_sidebar( array( 'name' => __( 'Footer Widgets', 'hex'), 'id' => ...
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when editing a widget, all previously made options are gone [closed]

here's what 's happening: The widget I'm building is rendering a title, a body and some buttons bellow it. The user can change the title, the body, the label and the link of each button. When the user ...
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Widget items disappearing

if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) register_sidebar(array( "name" => "Top Widget Area", "id" => "topWidgetArea-$i", )); I just create a new sidebar with this. ...
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How wp_cache is supposed to work, and does it help with performance?

I was coding my recent comments widget, and using $wpdb->get_results and I wanted t use cache so it doesn't perform the query every time the page loads, so I used: $comments = ...
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How to enqueue script if widget is displayed on page?

I created a widget that uses a jquery plugin, and I used is_active_widget to enqueue the script, it's working fine but it's also including the script even on pages that doesn't show this widget. so is ...
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What is the difference between wp_register_sidebar_widget and register_widget?

What's the difference between them and when should we use each one ? I'm using wp_register_sidebar_widget right now and it's working fine but I've seen a lot of tutorials online on how to create a ...
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Should use widgets in this case?

We develop a new WordPress site with a new theme developed exclusively for this site. Some widgets of the same type (such as two "Bookmarks" widgets) should be styled differently (that is have ...
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Is it a good idea to make whole theme widgetized?

I have mainly seen sites using widgets on sidebars or inside multi-column layout. However, I was wondering what if we could use widgets in every blocks like header, main content block, footer etc. Is ...
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349 views

Register sidebar 'before' and 'after' html as div rather than li tags

I am making sidebars for my theme using the register sidebar function. The codex does it something like this if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) register_sidebar(array( 'name' => 'Right ...
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How can I hard code my sidebar?

I am building a child theme based on Thematic. Rather than use widgets, I would like to hard code my sidebar but I can't figure out how to do this. Any help appreciated! Thanks
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modify a output of a widget

I'm to implement a theme in wordpress. Is possible modify a output (html) of widget in wordpress? For example, the "recent comments widget"?
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Disable dashboard drag&drop

I need to disable drag&drop functionality for dashboard widgets. This should be realized with jquery, just as it is for the dashboard_browser_nag. I'm no jquery expert - so can anybody tell me ...
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473 views

How to exclude categories from a sidebar with active widgets in it?

Is there a way to exclude certain categories from a widgetised sidebar? I've got categories that are associated with custom post types and ones associated with my blog - I don't want to display the ...
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Can I create my own “Recent Posts” widget or customize the existing one?

I'd like to enable the Recent posts widget with the ability to show a "View All" link when there are more posts than I've currently got the widget set to show. I'd also like to be able to exclude ...
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How to determine which sidebar the widget has been added to, via widget admin?

In the script below, which resides in a custom widget, I'm trying to determine which sidebar area the widget has been added to because I want to alter the default text depending on which sidebar the ...
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485 views

How to determine the current widget's parent container (sidebar widget id)

I have several custom widgets that are installed as part of my theme. I'd like to execute conditional code inside each widget's admin panel (not the public side, I'm just interested in the admin panel ...
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Context aware widgets. My work in progress

I'm working on a simple addition to the widget options to allow the user to set the "context" in which widgets show be shown. Here's what I've got so far, with my questions in the comments... 1) ...
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File included into functions.php via require_once() won't echo?

I'm trying to load a file via require_once() to handle some enhanced functionality in my theme. I could place all the code directly inside functions.php, but I'm trying to isolate this code into its ...
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Option to show/hide widget depending on is_home?

Is it possible to add a checkbox to all widgets loaded into sidebars? For example, I'd like to allow the site owner to choose whether any widget should appear on the home page, inside pages, both or ...
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how to create theme based widget that can be drop in sider bar or footer

I am developing a installable theme in wordpress I have created a contact form and called that form in footer but I want to create a widget that should be theme based mean i dont want any plugin.I can ...
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436 views

Call dynamic_sidebar but include/exclude named widgets?

Is it possible to include or exclude specific named widgets that are assigned to a named dynamic_sidebar call? For example, if I've registered a sidebar named "my_sidebar" and the user had placed a ...
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Widgets with groups / sub widgets? Widget in a widget?

I tried to find anything about adding a widget within a widget area. That widget should be a widget group / sub widget area. I've found a plugin that does this: ...
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Enabling Default Widgets in a Custom Theme

In custom theme development, how does one enable default built-in widgets? Note I mean default built-in widgets, not custom ones. I tried the following example for a WP 3.12 blog by placing it in my ...
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How to determine if post has widget content?

I've got a registered sidebar called "my-header" that affects the absolute positioning of elements below it in the markup. So I need to execute a query in header.php to determine if the sidebar is ...
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How can I add an incremental class identifier to my sidebar widgets?

My sidebar widget code in functions.php looks like this... if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) register_sidebar(array( 'name' => 'Home Sidebar', 'id' => 'home-sidebar-widget', ...
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Replacing static code in a template file with a sidebar and widgets?

I am new to WordPress and need help. I am currently working on the site http://ecentriconline.com/surferbeachfront. On this page, I want to display the left hand side as a widget. Right now, the left ...
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Add SideBar/Widgets Just Below the Post

I have created and registered side bar in function.php and using it another place. It's working fine. Now I like to use it just below the post. I have installed some plugins -Bookmarks, related ...
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How can i initialize a widgetized sidebar (with widgets)

I have a WordPress multisite installation. The client wants an email update form on the sidebar of every blog. I want to use a widget there so I need to assign it to the sidebar. Is there any way to ...
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How to use widget in a widget-less WordPress theme?

I have a widget-less WordPress theme to which I want to add Subscribe by Email functionality. Unfortunatly the plugin only comes in the form of a widget. How can I use the widget functionality ...
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How do you force a sidebar widget to have a container div around all child widgets?

My theme creates several widget areas for the end user. However, I've got a slight problem in that, if multiple widgets are dropped onto any sidebar container, the resulting code in "view source" is ...
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Add widgets to available widgets section without changing the theme?

I have a client that wants to use a particular theme without modification, but will likely want to have more widgets than are available with a given theme. Is there a way to add widgets to the list ...
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707 views

Enabling Widgets By Default in Custom Theme Development

In WP theme building, if a sidebar is not active, can I turn it on? Also, if the sidebar is active, and doesn't contain any widgets, can I add some? I'm a theme and plugin developer, but this is ...
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How do register_sidebar() and get_sidebar() work together?

Disclaimer: I am brand spanking new to WP. I am using the Starkers HTML5 framework theme. In the functions.php I see this code: function starkers_widgets_init() { // Area 1, located at the top ...