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PHP: Why does my code work in index.php but not a widget?

This may not be the answer you asked for, but could you try Running it in PHP Code Widget and check if it works? If it does, there is probable something wrong with your widget generation code. If it does not, try adding that to sidebar.php and not index.php and check the results again.

Using the_widget Multiple Times

I’ve written custom functions for queries. <?php /** * Column Content (min:2 – max:3 column) * * @since 1.0.0 * @return void */ if ( ! defined( ‘ABSPATH’ ) ) { exit; } add_action( ‘widgets_init’, function(){ register_widget( ‘Hw_Column_Widget’ ); }); class Hw_Column_Widget extends WP_Widget { /** * Sets up the widgets name etc */ public … Read more

How to update the options table for a widget

An array will be serialized when saved to the DB. If you want to update a key to the array, you need to Fetch the option first Apply modifications Update the option with the updated array values so in your example if you fetch the option, you should get a multidimensional array where you have … Read more

how to get value of a select box in custom widget wordpress

You missed the ending curly brace of the class techno_widget, you need to call the function techno_load_widget outside of the class techno_widget and you declared the variable ‘$blog-titlewrong. You can’t declare variable with–. It is core PHP` convention. So I rewrite your code like below- class techno_widget extends WP_Widget { function __construct() { parent::__construct( ‘techno_widget’, … Read more

How to retrieve category ID’s from widget settings?

$wg_class = new Widget_Toggle_Title(); $settings = $wg_class->get_settings(); print_r($settings); Replace Widget_Toggle_Title class with yours.

Customize a widget position

How to list categories by page id in wordpress

You don’t need to do any programming for something as simple as this. On the menu page, create a menu with these links. Then on the widget page, use the menu widget that comes with WP to add it to your sidebar.

Is it good practice to change certain page appearance through a widget?

I would say it is not good practice to use a widget to change appearance of other items than the widget itself. If you want to influence the appearance for a specific post type, you can work with post templates. archive-{post_type}.php single-{post_type}.php If such a template file is in use, there is also a class … Read more

Beyond widget side menu editing, with the php page, custom template

What are the postings ordered by? If the postings query does not specify an orderby parameter then it would default to ‘orderby’ => ‘date’. In that case, just change the side menu’s query to ‘orderby’ => ‘date’ or remove that parameter from the query altogether. Here is a link to the available orderby options.

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