Title: Multiple Widget Instances
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Multiple Widget Instances

 *  [supor1t](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supor1t/)
 * (@supor1t)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-widget-instances/)
 * I have 2 sidebars working and am using widgets for both.
 * The problem is that if I add a widget to one sidebar, I can no longer add that
   same widget to my second sidebar.
 * Is there anyway to be able to add individual widgets to both sidebars?

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 *  [goimaster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goimaster/)
 * (@goimaster)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-widget-instances/#post-516744)
 * * bump *
 * I have this same issue. If you have two different page templates for the same
   site, and some of the pages share the same widgets, this issue becomes critical.
 *  [marstonstudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marstonstudio/)
 * (@marstonstudio)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-widget-instances/#post-516745)
 * I wrote up a [post](http://marstonstudio.com/index.php/2007/07/17/multiple-wordpress-widget-sidebars/)
   on how to create extra copies of widgets for multiple sidebars. The trick is 
   to edit the line of code that registers the widget. For example, I wanted to 
   make duplicates of the [Creative Commons License widget](http://wiki.creativecommons.org/WpLicense),
   so in the file /wp-content/plugins/wpLicense/widget.php I found the line which
   registers the widget with the system.
 * register_sidebar_widget(array(‘Content License’, ‘widgets’), ‘widget_cc’);`
 * and changed it to be four lines
 * register_sidebar_widget(array(‘Content License 1’, ‘widgets’), ‘widget_cc’);
   
   register_sidebar_widget(array(‘Content License 2’, ‘widgets’), ‘widget_cc’); 
   register_sidebar_widget(array(‘Content License 3’, ‘widgets’), ‘widget_cc’); 
   register_sidebar_widget(array(‘Content License 4’, ‘widgets’), ‘widget_cc’);`
 * Now when I go to the admin interface, four different widgets show up that I can
   drag to four different sidebars.
 * Shameless plug: more info about multiple widgets on the [blog post](http://marstonstudio.com/index.php/2007/07/17/multiple-wordpress-widget-sidebars/).
 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
 * (@root)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-widget-instances/#post-516746)
 * I have just read marstonstudio’s stuff. Its very neat. Thanks.
 *  [revenantkioku](https://wordpress.org/support/users/revenantkioku/)
 * (@revenantkioku)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-widget-instances/#post-516781)
 * This works for creating more available copies, but if they have a control panel,
   it is shared between all of them. How can you specify which control goes to which
   widget?
 *  [uberdanzik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/uberdanzik/)
 * (@uberdanzik)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-widget-instances/#post-516784)
 * marstonstudio’s technique does not work if you need different data in each widget.
   In his example, the data stays the same, as he is displaying license information.

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