Title: Improper Namespacing
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Improper Namespacing

 *  Resolved [Luke Mlsna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bitacre/)
 * (@bitacre)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improper-namespacing/)
 * I’ve been informed by a couple users that this plugin clashes with one of mine,
   the [Custom Meta Widget](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-meta-widget/).
   Your plugin inserts HTML inputs using the namespace of whatever widget it is 
   modifying instead of using its own namespace. With a large number of very simply
   titled options names, this plugin has a huge potential for breaking a large number
   of widget based plugins.
 * It would be a best practice for you to append your own plugin’s namespace to 
   these HTML input’s names and would probably fix half the support questions here.
   When you’re modifying other authors’ widgets in ways they can’t predict, it’s
   up to you to make sure those changes aren’t breaking things. Using ‘`displaywidgets-
   login`‘ instead of ‘`login`‘ as an option name means you won’t break every single
   widget that happens to have a login option.
 * I’d be happy to help you make the necessary changes if you’d like. Thanks.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-widgets/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-widgets/)

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 *  [davereed42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davereed42/)
 * (@davereed42)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improper-namespacing/#post-3324171)
 * Thanks for posting about my whiny complaint over there. Actually, it’s been so
   long now that I don’t remember what problem I had. Funny, that.
 * I do appreciate the time and effort it takes to make these things.
 * Best regards
 *  Thread Starter [Luke Mlsna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bitacre/)
 * (@bitacre)
 * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improper-namespacing/#post-3324182)
 * No problem, it looks like this plugin hasn’t been updated for awhile so I’m just
   trying to get a hold of the author to fix it since I’ve had two reports on my
   plugin’s support page.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Steph Wells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sswells/)
 * (@sswells)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improper-namespacing/#post-3324468)
 * [@bitacre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bitacre/), we’ve updated this 
   in v1.23, but you can change naming in your plugin as well.
 *  [singfa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/singfa/)
 * (@singfa)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improper-namespacing/#post-3324484)
 * I have a problem to show the Custom Meta widget only for Logged-out users.
    If
   i check in Custom Meta login: Show “Register/Admin and Show “Log in/out” link
   after i save automaticaly both of Show only for Logged-out users and Show only
   for Logged-in users is checked. What can i do ?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Steph Wells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sswells/)
 * (@sswells)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improper-namespacing/#post-3324491)
 * You can update.

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 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [Steph Wells](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sswells/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/improper-namespacing/#post-3324491)
 * Status: resolved