Title: widget ID ?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# widget ID ?

 *  [digitalnature](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalnature/)
 * (@digitalnature)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-id/)
 * is there any way I can get the widget instance ID from inside the widget class?
 * I tried $id, but it outputs the widget container id (eg. “sidebar-1”)

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 *  Thread Starter [digitalnature](https://wordpress.org/support/users/digitalnature/)
 * (@digitalnature)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-id/#post-1215268)
 * found it.
 * $args[‘widget_id’]
 *  [Stephen Pickett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephenpickett/)
 * (@stephenpickett)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-id/#post-1215679)
 * This seriously came in handy for “AJAX-ifying” my widget without breaking it’s
   ability to have multiple instances! Thanks!

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 * [widget](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widget/)

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 * Last reply from: [Stephen Pickett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stephenpickett/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-id/#post-1215679)
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