There’s a extension called “Widget Logic”. It adds a field to every sidebar widget in admin section where you can add a piece of php code that you can use to archive what you most likely need. Its a bit cumbersome but works. For example you mention that for multilanguage site, you can still use … Read more
I believe the hook you are looking for is right_now_discussion_table_end Update: From your comment i see that i did not explain myself, WordPress closes the table and div just after right_now_discussion_table_end action hook so you can use right_now_discussion_table_end and at the begging of your function close the table and div yourself and open your own, … Read more
Well, if you insist using get_template_part, the only solution I see is to define a global variable in your widget’s widget() function, and set it to true or something. After you call get_template_part in your widget, set this variable to false. Within your template check for that variable, and if it’s true, it means you … Read more
I have never personally had this problem, but to the best of my knowledge WordPress does not have the system to support multiple users managing widgets at the same time, at least not widgets in the same widget areas. Is it a problem to just have one user at a time manage the widgets? I … Read more
Unless you have a memcached-type plugin installed, wp_cache_set will only store data for the duration of the current script. Call or add the widget again in the same instance & you’ll see it utilise the cache. As for ob_get_flush(), taken from the manual: Flush the output buffer, return it as a string and turn off … Read more
It is simply the css class of the widget. Take a look here : http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/3.4.2/wp-includes/widgets.php
The data in the options table is stored as serialized arrays. Use get_option() to get the data and unserialize them. array_walk( get_option( ‘widget_text’ ), function( $d ){ if ( ! empty( $d[‘title’] ) ) { printf( ‘<p>Title: %s<br>Text: %s</p>’, $d[‘title’], htmlentities( $d[‘text’] ) ); } } ); If you need a complete plugin, use this. … Read more
Try passing the post ID as the second parameter: the_field(‘sub_title’, $instance[‘post_id’]);
In my custom widgets, I had omitted adding the ID to ‘before_widget’ markup, as I wasn’t using the IDs for styling. Turns out this is what the Customizer JS is using to target the widgets. (duh) So, including the proper ID in the widget output makes everything work as it should.
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