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1. b-rad
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Are there any good tutorials on how to write a simple widget for a WP multisite installation? So far everything I've found has been lacking. I haven't even been able to get sample widget code to show up on the available widgets page.

2. Andrea_r
   team pirate
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Its the exact same process for writing a widget for a single site. Exactly.

3. b-rad
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Hmmm, I wonder why I can't get any examples to show up in my available widgets list. One tutorial said to use:

   class My_Widget extends WP_Widget {
       function My_Widget() {
           // widget actual processes
       }
   
       function form($instance) {
           // outputs the options form on admin
       }
   
       function update($new_instance, $old_instance) {
           // processes widget options to be saved
       }
   
       function widget($args, $instance) {
           // outputs the content of the widget
       }
   
   }
   register_widget('My_Widget');

   and save the php file in my wp-content/plugins folder which I did but it doesn't show up anywhere (yes I know the plugin doesn't do anything but I'm setting my sights low and trying to just get it to show up first).

4. Andrea_r
   team pirate
   Posted 10 months ago #

   and save the php file in my wp-content/plugins folder which I did but it doesn't show up

   does it show up in the plugins listing and did you activate it?

   Did you include a plugin header in your file?

5. Ipstenu
   Half-Elf Support Rogue & Mod
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Stupid question - Did you activate the plugin on the site?

6. b-rad
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Not a stupid question. Yes and no actually. A few of the tuts I had found neglected to create the proper header which prevented it from showing up anywhere. Once I had a good header in there it showed up under plugins so then I could activate it and head over to the widgets list where it showed up. Thanks!

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