Title: How to programmatically add a Widget Plugin
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# How to programmatically add a Widget Plugin

 *  [abe1999](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abe1999/)
 * (@abe1999)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-programmatically-add-a-widget-plugin/)
 * I have a plugin that we have written. Once Activated, the user has to actually
   drag the widget for it to be visible in the sidebar. How can we program-atically
   just add it to the sidebar?
 * THANKS!!

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