Use Widget. It’s Easy

Posted on August 27, 2007
Filed Under WordPress Widgets |

WordPress Widgets (WPW) is something new in later versions. Nowadays many themes support widgets. WP widget is a plugin designed to provide a simple way to arrange the various elements of your sidebar content (known as “widgets”) without having to change any code.

By combining the Widget plugin and the compatible widget template, you can easily switch around the layout of the side bar components, the calendar, search, category and post. Don’t eed to edit the template or the php files.

I just started to convert all my WP sites’ sidebars using wordpress widget. The benefit is that you can switch themes easily without losing the sidebar contents. The widget contents are stored inside the WP database so that it can be backed up. Using widgets, you don’t have to edit the sidebar PHP code anymore. If you have several Wordpress sites, it’s really a productivity boost.

Since widgets are relatively new, some bloggers get confused with them or thought it’s hard to use. Actually, using widgets is easy. Once you play with it a little, you’ll get to know the trick. WP website has detailed doc for this:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/WordPress_Widgets

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