Title: Network Sidebar Widgets
Author: rfair404
Published: <strong>August 1, 2016</strong>
Last modified: August 1, 2016

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Network Sidebar Widgets

 By [rfair404](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rfair404/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/network-sidebar-widgets.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/network-sidebar-widgets/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/network-sidebar-widgets/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/network-sidebar-widgets/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/network-sidebar-widgets/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/network-sidebar-widgets/)

## Description

In the multisite context, creating widgets that are used throughout all of the sites
in a network can be difficult and painstaking (at best).
 This plugin gives network
administrators the ability to create “fallback widgets” that will be used as the
default unless over-ridden by individual sites.

How the plugin works

 * When a widget is created on the “main site” (e.g. site ID 1) the output is cached.
 * When a sites other than the “main site” (e.g. site ID != 1) call a sidebar that
   doesn’t have any active widgets, the cached output from the main site will be
   used.
 * The plugin may not (read as “probably won’t”) work with highly dynamic widgets
 * This is the initial release, so please try it out before you use it in a live
   site.

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/network-sidebar-fallback` directory,
    or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
 3. Use the Appearance > Widgets section to create widgets for the primary site (site
    ID 1)

## FAQ

=Will this work with _fill-in-your-theme-name-here_?=

I have no idea, I haven’t tested it.

=Will this work with _fill-in-your-plugin-name-here_?=

I have no idea, I haven’t tested it.

=Will you add features to this plugin?=

Possibly, I will always consider suggestions 🙂

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Network Sidebar Widgets” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ rfair404 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rfair404/)

[Translate “Network Sidebar Widgets” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/network-sidebar-widgets)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/network-sidebar-widgets/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/network-sidebar-widgets/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/network-sidebar-widgets/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/network-sidebar-widgets/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.1

 * Initial realease to WordPress plugin repository.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1**
 *  Last updated **10 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.4.34**
 * Tags
 * [multisite](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/multisite/)[sidebar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sidebar/)
   [widget](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/network-sidebar-widgets/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ rfair404 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rfair404/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/network-sidebar-widgets/)

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