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# benjaminjackson

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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Error with “wp_widget_description()”](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-wp_widget_description/)
 *  [benjaminjackson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benjaminjackson/)
 * (@benjaminjackson)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-with-wp_widget_description/#post-728310)
 * Looks like the WP team left that function out of widgets.php in the version I
   downloaded as well. Add this code at the top widgets.php, it worked for me:
 *     ```
       function wp_widget_description( $id ) {
         if ( !is_scalar($id) )
           return; 
   
         global $wp_registered_widgets; 
   
         if ( isset($wp_registered_widgets[$id]['description']) )
           return wp_specialchars( $wp_registered_widgets[$id]['description'] );
       }
       ```
   

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