WordPress: Create A Widget to Accompany Plugin

Question

So I have a plugin that I've created for the admin are when creating post... and I'd like to supply a widget along with it.

I'm trying to figure out the best way to initialize my widget. I'm initializing my plugin like so:

function call_menu_per_page_class() 
{
    return new MenuPerPage();
}
if ( is_admin() )
    add_action( 'admin_menu', 'call_my_class' );

Obviously, the widget does NOT require someone to be an admin to view it... it will be viewed in a sidebar within my Theme.

Is there a specific action/filter and hook that I should use to execute my widget class?

Remember, this is being packed with my plugin... so it can't be called from functions.php

Answer 1

According to Codex register_widget() should be hooked to widgets_init.

Hook into init then and at that point hook further different methods to appropriate hooks later.