Calling Widgets Using PHP

  • Resolved John

    (@jiglet)


    17 years ago

    I’m playing with a theme and I’ve stripped out the widget areas. I have some plugins I’d like to use that are supposed to be integrated into the theme as widgets, by dragging and dropping them into the sidebar. Since I’m not using widgets, is there a way to use these plugins by calling them with a line of PHP code or something? Any help would be much appreciated… If it’s any help, this is the plugin I’d like to use: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-popular-posts/

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  • krembo99

    (@krembo99)

    17 years ago

    If you read on the page in the link you gave . you will see this :

    Placing WordPress Popular Posts in your templates

    If you want to use WordPress Popular Posts somewhere else in your templates, simply place <?php get_mostpopular(); ?> where you want your listing to be displayed. Easy, huh?.

    USAGE:

    <?php if (function_exists(‘get_mostpopular’)) get_mostpopular(); ?>

    Thread Starter John

    (@jiglet)

    17 years ago

    Generally speaking, does this work with all widget-based plugins? Or does it vary?

    krembo99

    (@krembo99)

    17 years ago

    depends on the plugin.
    Most of them do add some function to the functions.php file, and in that case ,it will work. (changing the function name obviously)

    Thread Starter John

    (@jiglet)

    17 years ago

    Cool – Thanks for the help, I appreciate it!

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