widgets

Remove default WordPress widgets

function wpsites_remove_default_widgets() { unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Pages’); unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Calendar’); unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Archives’); unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Links’); unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Meta’); unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Search’); unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Text’); unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Categories’); unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Recent_Posts’); unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Recent_Comments’); unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_RSS’); unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Tag_Cloud’); unregister_widget(‘WP_Nav_Menu_Widget’); } add_action(‘widgets_init’, ‘wpsites_remove_default_widgets’, 11); Add this in your functions file or a site specific plugin. Uses unregister widget

How can I only show a widget prior to a specific date?

I assume you would like to do this through the WordPress admin and not edit your sidebar.php so here is a possible solution. First, find out what the timestamp of August 22 was at http://www.epochconverter.com. Based on GMT time I got “1408665600” Install the Widget Logic Plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-logic/ Add a widget to your left sidebar. … Read more

WordPress wiget admin panel

So here is what’s happen : When you create a widget and init it in functions.php he will be placed, with all it’s content(that means the html from public function form( $instance )), into <div id=”widget-list”> (the area from the left of the admin panel which list all the widgets). So when you will drag … Read more

Register a widget area when a theme option has been saved?

In functions.php write this code function my_optionally_widgets() { $option = get_options(‘wantwidget’); if($option == ‘yes’) { register_widget(‘mywidget’); /* add other widgets for registration here */ } } add_action(‘widgets_init’, ‘my_optionally_widgets’); function my_optionally_sidebars() { $option = get_options(‘wantsidebar’); if($option == ‘yes’) { register_sidebar($args); /* add other sidebars for registration here */ } } add_action(‘init’, ‘my_optionally_sidebars’); Remember that Widget Areas … Read more

Display Posts by Views (Popular Posts Widget)

It could be fix using session, try following. Initialize session using following code in your functions.php. function init_sessions() { if (!session_id()) { session_start(); } } add_action(‘init’, ‘init_sessions’); add a function for setting session function set_session_posts_viewed($postID) { if(empty($_SESSION[‘posts_viewed’])) { $posts_viewed = array($postID); $_SESSION[‘posts_viewed’] = $posts_viewed; } else { $posts_viewed = $_SESSION[‘posts_viewed’]; $posts_viewed[] = $postID; $_SESSION[‘posts_viewed’] = … Read more

Widget & storing a Select box choice

Here’s the working answer for future reference. <p> <label for=”<?php echo $this->get_field_id(‘select’); ?>”><?php _e(‘Choose A Page:’, ‘check_avail_widget’); ?></label> <select name=”<?php echo $this->get_field_name(‘select’); ?>” id=”<?php echo $this->get_field_id(‘select’); ?>” class=”widefat”> <option value=”Select A Page”> <?php echo esc_attr( __(‘Select A Page’) ); ?> </option> <?php $pages = get_pages(); foreach ($pages as $page) { echo ‘<option value=”‘.get_page_link($page->ID).'” id=”‘ . … Read more

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