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1. bobjones
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm trying to run simple functions as simple Text widgets to display archives or categories. But nothing will display on the blog.

   For example, I selected an empty Text widget from Available Widgets and pasted in this function:
   <?php wp_get_archives(); ?>

   But instead of displaying archives, the blog doesn't show anything. I checked the source code and saw just a repeat of the function script:
   <?php wp_get_archives(); ?>

   All my other widgets are working fine and functions run just fine in any non-widgetized areas of the blog.

   Any idea how I can fix the problem?

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   you need to use one of the php widget plugins:

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=php+widget&sort=

   or exec-php plugin

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search.php?q=exec+php&sort=

3. bobjones
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks so much, alchymyth. I suspect many others have wasted untold hours on this problem and never found a solution.

   The first two plugins I tried were broken, but otto's PHP Code Widget is the ticket:

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/php-code-widget/

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