WordPress Widget
In WordPress, a widget adds content and features to a WordPress sidebar.
Description
Examples are the default widgets that come with WordPress; for Categories, Tag cloud, Search, etc.
Plugins will often add their own widgets.
Widgets were originally designed to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress Theme to the user, which is now available on properly "widgetized" WordPress Themes to include the header, footer, and elsewhere in the WordPress design and structure. Widgets require no code experience or expertise. They can be added, removed, and rearranged on the Theme Customizer or Appearance > Widgets in the WordPress Administration Screens.
Some WordPress Widgets offer customization and options such as forms to fill out, includes or excludes of data and information, optional images, and other customization features.
The WordPress Appearance Widgets screen explains how to use the various Widgets that come delivered with WordPress.
Plugins that come bundled with widgets can be found in the WordPress Plugin Directory.
See also
External links
- WordPress Widgets @ codex.wordpress.org
