Title: Top widget
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Top widget

 *  [ILuciferI](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iluciferi/)
 * (@iluciferi)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-widget-1/)
 * I’m trying to put widget right in PHP, i tried WP function “the_widget” but i
   can’t understand syntax for $instance. Can you help? Or maybe there another way
   to do this?
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 *  Plugin Author [Igor Yavych](https://wordpress.org/support/users/flyerua/)
 * (@flyerua)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-widget-1/#post-6313508)
 * Sorry, I’m not sure what you’re talking about. Please explain in detail
 *  Thread Starter [ILuciferI](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iluciferi/)
 * (@iluciferi)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-widget-1/#post-6313525)
 * Plugin have widget, you can insert it in sidebar panel thru WP menu. There you
   can set what and how to display.
    I want manually set and insert widget direct
   in my custom php files.
 *  Thread Starter [ILuciferI](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iluciferi/)
 * (@iluciferi)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-widget-1/#post-6313548)
 * Something like this
 *     ```
       $instance = array (
       'post_type' => 'some_post_type', //What to include (Posts, pages,...)
       'list_style' => 'disc', //List style (disc, circle...)
       'number' => '5', //Count of items
       );
   
       $args = array (
       'before_widget'  => '<div class="widget_class">',
       'after_widget' => '</div>',
       'before_title' => '<h2 class="widgettitle">',
       'before_title'  => '</h2>'
       );
   
       the_widget( 'SPR_Top_Widget', $instance, $args );
       ```
   
 * [https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_widget](https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_widget)

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [ILuciferI](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iluciferi/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/top-widget-1/#post-6313548)
 * Status: not resolved