WordPress widgets are the dynamic objects which eases the customization of the content on sidebars and widgetized footers. Widgets allows drag-n-drop interface in the Dashboard admin panel, for easy management.
These widgets are usually registered either at the time of Theme activation or any activation of Plugin. Well in the tutorial, I’ll explain you how to create a wordpress widget and the basic registration of a Widget using my-first plugin, which we developed in our earlier tutorial. My links to earlier tutorials are:
Well, in our exiting PHP code, in my-first.php we will code in order to register a widget, when a plugin is activated. Below is the code:
Code: To register a Widget in Sidebar
1: /* This Registers a Sidebar Widget.*/
2: function widget_myfirst() {
3: ?>
4: <h2>My First Widget</h2>
5: <?php my_first(); ?>
6: <?php
7: }
8:
9: function myfirst_install()
10: {
11: register_sidebar_widget(__('My First Widget Plugin'), 'widget_myfirst');
12: }
13: add_action("plugins_loaded", "myfirst_install");
Once the above code is appended in the my-first.php file, activate the plugin. And navigate to Dashboard > Appearances > Widgets. On the right side interface, the widget My First Widget Plugin is listed, which can be further draged in to the
Once the plugin is listed under WordPress Widgets, drag-drop the widget to the appropriate Sidebar or the any other widgetized footer.
Once the widget is placed on the sidebar, refresh the site, in order to list the plugin on the sidebar.
Well, the above screenshot meets us our requirement, and ends this tutorial. Its been nice week of development, I’ll come up with more of the innovations, soon with How to Create WordPress Plugin.
For any queries or further assistance required, kindly post comments as your feedbacks.
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