Title: constructor method error
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# constructor method error

 *  Resolved [szilka](https://wordpress.org/support/users/booknewsinc/)
 * (@booknewsinc)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/constructor-method-error/)
 * Activating DevDmBootstrap3 on WP 4.3.1 gives me this error:
    Notice: The called
   constructor method for WP_Widget is deprecated since version 4.3.0! Use __construct()
 * I fixed it by changing these lines in bootstrap-custom-menu-widget.php:
    function
   bootstrap_custom_menu() {
 *  $widget_ops = array( ‘classname’ => ‘bootstrapwidgetmenu’, ‘description’ => 
   __(‘A custom menu widget that uses the wp_bootstrap_navwalker’, ‘devdmbootstrap3’));
 *  $control_ops = array( ‘width’ => 300, ‘height’ => 350, ‘id_base’ => ‘bootstrap-
   widget-menu’);
 *  $this->WP_Widget( ‘bootstrap-widget-menu’, __(‘Boot Strap Menu’, ‘devdmbootstrap3’),
   $widget_ops, $control_ops);
    }
 * to this:
 *  function __construct() {
    parent::__construct( ‘bootstrap-widget-menu’, // Base
   ID __(‘Boot Strap Menu’, ‘devdmbootstrap3’), // Name array(‘description’ => __(‘
   A custom menu widget that uses the wp_bootstrap_navwalker’, ‘devdmbootstrap3’),));}
 *  // $widget_ops = array( ‘classname’ => ‘bootstrapwidgetmenu’, ‘description’ 
   => __(‘A custom menu widget that uses the wp_bootstrap_navwalker’, ‘devdmbootstrap3’));
 *  // $control_ops = array( ‘width’ => 300, ‘height’ => 350, ‘id_base’ => ‘bootstrap-
   widget-menu’);
 *  // $this->WP_Widget( ‘bootstrap-widget-menu’, __(‘Boot Strap Menu’, ‘devdmbootstrap3’),
   $widget_ops, $control_ops);
    // }
 * Thanks for a great theme!

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 *  Theme Author [DevDm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devdm/)
 * (@devdm)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/constructor-method-error/#post-6755676)
 * Thanks for this. I would try to push out an update to correct it but I fear they
   are going to reject it with the “must use customizer” policy that is going into
   effect. But I’ll try. 🙂

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