Title: setting parameters with widgets
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# setting parameters with widgets

 *  [Skeary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skeary/)
 * (@skeary)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-parameters-with-widgets/)
 * I started using some widgets in a theme I’m developing (based off another theme),
   it just sped things up a fair bit, but now I seem completely unable to enter 
   parameters that aren’t pre-set options for the widget.
 * For instance, I want wp_list_categories to have have hide_empty=0.. is there 
   any way to do that while still using the widgets, or would i be better off just
   coding the sidebars myself (which wouldn’t be a problem at all except i’m trying
   to use a widget plugin – sideposts)

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 *  Thread Starter [Skeary](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skeary/)
 * (@skeary)
 * [16 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/setting-parameters-with-widgets/#post-1107897)
 * Alright after a lot of searching and reading online, I think I’ve figured this
   out myself. Though I’m pretty surprised it was as hard to locate as it was.. 
   seems like something that should be right in the codex.
 * Basically the widgets can be customized in the widgets.php file in the functions
   folder.. but as that’s a hack it wouldn’t be preferred method since an upgrade
   could totally throw it.
 * The most elegant solution looks to be the [php code widget](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/php-code-widget/).
   Though it’s not updated for 2.8 I assume it’d still work ok… and am about to 
   find out.

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