Comments on: Simple widgets. Widgets 101.

By: Useful WordPress Resources | Bui4Ever | Bui4Ever.com

Useful WordPress Resources | Bui4Ever | Bui4Ever.com — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:12:27 +0000

[...] Simple Widgets. Widget 101. – I used this tutorial to create my ‘Simple Archives’ sidebar widget. It’s very straight to the point and perfect for adding a widget in which you’re trying to display some php queries or results. [...]

By: ElMehdi

ElMehdi — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:11:49 +0000

Thank you for your article : clean and clear :)
Regards;

By: bored and blogging

bored and blogging — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:05:18 +0000

Creating AdSense Widgets in WordPress

Recently I attempted to create a WordPress widget for an AdSense Firefox referral image ad in a widget-ready theme. I was quite surprised how easy it was. It may not be the best code ever, but it got the job done. Here is a quick run-down of how I did …

By: Leonid Mamchenkov

Leonid Mamchenkov — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:51:57 +0000

Thunder,

I think the widgets that you want to create already exist. Check the http://wp-plugins.net …

By: Thunder

Thunder — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 09:41:27 +0000

How crate widget that list blog directory in my blog, add static link in code in widget script ???
Pleas simple example !!! :)

By: OpinionBug.com » Designing Simple WordPress Widgets

OpinionBug.com » Designing Simple WordPress Widgets — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 22:20:25 +0000

[...] special thanks to Leonid at WordPress Bits for his excellent tutorial on creating simple [...]

By: Ryan Fox » Blog Archive » News Widget Plugin

Ryan Fox » Blog Archive » News Widget Plugin — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:19:51 +0000

[...] from the Exec-PHP widget to its own widget plugin. This too proved to be more complicated than some people made it seem. Perhaps it was because I also had to requirement of the widget being a plugin, rather [...]

By: Leonid Mamchenkov

Leonid Mamchenkov — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:37:02 +0000

Once again I am convinced that a screenshot of my editor looks by far better than text code in this blog. :)

By: Leonid Mamchenkov

Leonid Mamchenkov — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:35:58 +0000

Michel,

yes, plugins that create widgets work in the same way. Just instead of having a widget file with PHP code, you use plugin’s file. You can have some additional logic in the plugin too.

As a rough example consider this:

# we will use one of this functions for our # widget depending on the circumstances


function a () {

 ...

}
function b () {

 ...

}
function c () {

 ...

}
# Choose which function to use

if ($something) {

  $widget_function = 'a';

}

elseif ($something_else) {

  $widget_function = 'b';

}

else {

  $widget_function = 'c';

}

# Create widget register_sidebar_widget('My widget',$widget_function);

As a result of this code, we will always have the widget with the same name (‘My widget’). But the functionality of this widget will vary depending on our conditions.

There are many practical applications for this. One which comes to mind is an advertising/banner management solution. I can have Google Analytics, Yahoo, MSN, and local ads. And I can easily switch and combine them, depending on the provided options or on service license/agreement.

Moving this functionality between sites becomes very easy. And an additional layer of fun comes from widgets having their own configuration and plugins having their own configuration. And … I’ll stop here, because the potential blows my mind ;)

By: Michel

Michel — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:16:26 +0000

PS Staying tuned! ;-)