Title: WP_Widget deprecated
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# WP_Widget deprecated

 *  Resolved [elenis r.](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elenis1517/)
 * (@elenis1517)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_widget-deprecated-1/)
 * I am getting WP_Widget deprecated notice. when deactivating footnotes plugin 
   it disappears.
    Thanks for help!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/footnotes/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/footnotes/)

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 *  [bfolliot](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bfolliot/)
 * (@bfolliot)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_widget-deprecated-1/#post-6469414)
 * I do not know how to contribute to the project, so :
 * In widgets/base.php, in the methode __construct replace :
 * `$this->WP_Widget`
 * by
 * `parent::__construct`
 *  Plugin Contributor [David Artiss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dartiss/)
 * (@dartiss)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_widget-deprecated-1/#post-6469429)
 * Thanks for reporting this. I’ll fix this in the next release.
 *  Plugin Contributor [David Artiss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dartiss/)
 * (@dartiss)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_widget-deprecated-1/#post-6469430)
 * This has now been released.

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 * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/footnotes_9d9c99.svg)
 * [footnotes](https://wordpress.org/plugins/footnotes/)
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 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [David Artiss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dartiss/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_widget-deprecated-1/#post-6469430)
 * Status: resolved