Widgets are configurable elements used to dynamically build sections of a WordPress theme.
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How to automatically register widgets on new blog?
Is there a way to automatically register widgets when a new site is registered with a multi site setup? E.g. inside wpmu_new_blog?
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I need some direction on how to have a sidebar based on meta rather than page
I'm working on a plugin that allows the user to create "page/post types", customize the type style, then tag a page/post with that type. All of this works. My problem is this plugin also needs to ...
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Trying to wrap <span> around first word of multiple word strings with a widget_title() filter, only works on two word strings and not more than two
I am trying to wrap a around the first word of multiple word widget titles. I have used the answer from here:
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javaScript in <head> section of WP API
How do I place the following javaScript in the <head> section of the Wordpress Widgets API menu screen?
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(window).load(function() {
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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 widgets to dashboard for easy access for clients?
I have a widget created:
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'Featured Video',
'before_widget' => '',
'after_widget' => '',
...
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wp_count_posts, wp_count_terms and wp_count_comments for specific user?
Is there a way for the functions wp_count_posts, wp_count_terms and wp_count_comments to return their results only for a specific user, possibly by using a user's ID?
I'm making a custom "Right Now" ...
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Widgets not expanding on wordpress 3.3 widget dashbord
I updated to WordPress 3.3 (manual update) and cleaned browser cache.
Widgets dashbord stop working when tring to expand dynamic sidebars for custom theme when it works for previous wordpress 3.2 ...
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How do I create a widget that only allows a single instance?
How do I create a widget that only allows a single instance of a widget to be added through the Wordpress interface?
The default behaviour of widgets allows multiple instances to be added.
I am ...
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Insert widgets after theme installation [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Install widget on plugin activation
Programmatically add widgets to sidebars
I'm creating a theme and after the installation it is need put the widgets. Exists any way ...
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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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Sidebar Widget Registration without a name, how is it assigned to new named sidebar widget?
In my current theme version, I'm registering sidebars with names. However, in previous versions, I only had one sidebar and registered it without a name like so...
if ( ...
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Dynamic widgets
In wordpress is it possible to have different widgets on different pages,
I mean, I am having a form widget which has to be just displayed on posts page, it should just display on single.php
Is this ...
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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 ...
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Get number of widgets in sidebar
How can I get the number of widgets that are active on a specific sidebar? Is there a core function for this?
I want to add a class to each widget on a sidebar based on how many of them are ...
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Replace dashboard widgets with banner ad
I know it's probably not encouraged, but is there a way to replace the standard dashboard widgets (Recent Drafts, Quickpress, etc.) with a standard image banner ad?
I know how to add new dashboard ...
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How to put Stack Exchange Flair as widget?
I want to put my flair in as a widget in the top of my sidebar in my blog. There was a similar question asked here but the only answer links to the flair page and suggests copying and pasting the html ...
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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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Using Ajax call in jQuery doesn't work in widget
So I'm in the midst of creating a new conversion widget and I'm having some trouble getting the Ajax call to work in my widget. (works perfectly outside of WordPress).
The problem at the moment is ...
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cannot drag and drop widgets since wordpress 3.2.1
I recently updated my site to wordpress 3.2.1 automatically.
Now I tried to manage my sidebar widgets, and noticed I can no longer drag and drop the widgets around. If I look into my browser-console, ...
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Completely disabling widgets
How do I completely remove widget support from a theme/plugin ?
Like removing the appearance -> widgets page, and prevent WP from loading widget classes and all widget-related stuff.
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$post>ID displays wrong post ID
I've asked a question about listing all sub-pages before:
Listing all sub-pages?
But all the questions were wrong.
Anyways, I have now simpler question.
global $post;
echo $post>ID
Works ...
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Custom shortcode in widget forced to top of widget
A custom shortcode i made is being forced to the top of the widget outside of the widget container. Any ideas why? This is my code...
function nktmediaplayer_func($atts) {
...
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Remove/Add widgets from/to the Available Widgets pool
Is it possible to remove/add widgets from/to the Available Widgets pool (either by plugin or editing core files)?
There are 3 widget files located at:
/wp-includes/widgets.php
/wp-admin/widgets.php
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Is there plugin to show recent posts from one website in the widget area of another?
I would like to take the titles of recent posts or content related posts from one website and display them in the widget area of another website. I'm sure there must be a way to do this, perhaps some ...
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Adding custom html and standard widgets to sidebar
I want to add both custom html that advanced text widgets can't support and the standard sidebar widgets in the same sidebar. However, when I put a sidebar widget into the theme, it removes all the ...
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Dynamic Sidebars On Multiple Subpages
I am building a site in WordPress. It has multiple subpages, many of which require different sidebars. So, I have a widgetized theme and I have also created a few sidebar widgets.
I have written a ...
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How do I stop a widget from displaying on mobile site?
On my main site I have used the search widget in the sidebar.
However, the mobile theme I am using (minileven) already has a search box built into its menu bar. This results in a second search box ...
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How Can A Widget With Only One Instance Be Defined?
How can a widget which of which only one instance can be used?
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Retrieving list of a custom post type in a widget without using WP_Query?
I'm using the following widget to retrieve a list of the custom post type jobs:
class FeaturedJobsWidget extends WP_Widget
{
function FeaturedJobsWidget()
{
$widget_ops = array('classname' ...
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Shortcode from a widget is wrapped in unwanted <p> element
I'm using Black Studio TinyMCE Widget as a rich text editor widget. In a sidebar I inserted the TinyMCE widget with a [testimonial] shortcode and some content after it.
For example:
[testimonial]
...
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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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Notice: Undefined index: filter in …wp-includes/default-widgets.php on line 382
I'm getting this message on a WP 3.2.1 install with PHP version 5.2.17
Notice: Undefined index: filter in /home/netstewp/public_html/wp-includes/default-widgets.php on line 382
Any idea why?
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Install widget on plugin activation
Anyone know any resources to help me install my widget when my plugin is activated?
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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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How to hack recent comments default widget?
I would like to hack the default Recent Comments widget to show also the avatar of commenter.
The modification should be really easy, if I change directly the code in default-widgets.php
if ( ...
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How to save WP widget instances and options
I'm a little confused about this, even though I have read all of the API and searched for hours.
When I activate my plugin I add some values to the options database, e.g.
add_option('code','24');
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Using $wpdb object in a widget
I'm trying to make a very simple widget that access tables contained within the same database instance as my Wordpress database, but are not wordpress tables. I'm using the wpdb class according to the ...
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what is option_name on database that store the information of current initiate widget in frontend sidebar?
what is option_name on database that store the information of current initiate widget in frontend sidebar ?
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How to insert widget areas specific to certain pages (or posts, etc.)?
I am developing a theme the pages of which (as well as posts) are so different from the home page that I want different widgets on their sidebars.Is there a way to do it?
I'm calling the sidebar on ...
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Sidebar widget to show popular post not working?
This is the code to display popular post on front end, however the problem is the data is not saving from the back end. Like i want to show only 3 popular posts on front-end so i select the option 3 ...
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Wordpress widget/sidebar dividers?
I have a widget sidebar, but I'd like dividers between them. I can achieve this in CSS using boring borders, but I have a png image I'd rather use instead.
Is there a way to insert a divider after ...
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Show widget when not using SSL
My wordpress site supports http and https. What I want to do is to add a widget when surfing over http that says something like "Surf this site secure" to show the visitor that I also have a secured ...
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How can I display widget in a Page or Post?
I am trying to display some widgets (Quora & Goodreads) widgets inside Page or Post. How do I do that without displaying it inside Sidebar?
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How to Make a Custom Dashboard Widget to Display Custom Notification from Admin?
I am looking for a way to achieve the following:
A group of users 'students'
They login to the site
Each student can see a 'Custom Dashboard Widget(s)'
Each widget will carry a personal message ...
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check for shortcode in post/pages AND widgets AND template files
For the next version of my plugin www.mapsmarker.com I would like to output the plugin´s css and js-files only
if the shortcode [mapsmarker ...] is used. For posts/and pages I already found this ...
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How/where is the global variable $wp_registered_widgets filled?
I have a problem of widgets not showing up, trying to investigate why $wp_registered_widgets is empty.
Can somebody tell me where it gets filled from the database? How can I find out why the default ...
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Wordpress author details plugin/widget
Does anyone know any wordpress plugin to display the author's profile & image similar to the image attached
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WordPress “include TEMPLATEPATH” or?
I built something like this:
Index Container Widgets Area
and I created a widget for that -
Categories Widget - Index Container .php
with this in:
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . ...
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adding multiple sidebars on pages
I am using twentyten theme and I want there to be two sidebars on my page - one on the left and the second on the right.
Can any one tell me how to do that?
