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 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
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   reply to: [Multiple Widget Instances](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-widget-instances/)
 *  [marstonstudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marstonstudio/)
 * (@marstonstudio)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-widget-instances/#post-516745)
 * I wrote up a [post](http://marstonstudio.com/index.php/2007/07/17/multiple-wordpress-widget-sidebars/)
   on how to create extra copies of widgets for multiple sidebars. The trick is 
   to edit the line of code that registers the widget. For example, I wanted to 
   make duplicates of the [Creative Commons License widget](http://wiki.creativecommons.org/WpLicense),
   so in the file /wp-content/plugins/wpLicense/widget.php I found the line which
   registers the widget with the system.
 * register_sidebar_widget(array(‘Content License’, ‘widgets’), ‘widget_cc’);`
 * and changed it to be four lines
 * register_sidebar_widget(array(‘Content License 1’, ‘widgets’), ‘widget_cc’);
   
   register_sidebar_widget(array(‘Content License 2’, ‘widgets’), ‘widget_cc’); 
   register_sidebar_widget(array(‘Content License 3’, ‘widgets’), ‘widget_cc’); 
   register_sidebar_widget(array(‘Content License 4’, ‘widgets’), ‘widget_cc’);`
 * Now when I go to the admin interface, four different widgets show up that I can
   drag to four different sidebars.
 * Shameless plug: more info about multiple widgets on the [blog post](http://marstonstudio.com/index.php/2007/07/17/multiple-wordpress-widget-sidebars/).
 *   Forum: [Plugins](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/plugins-and-hacks/)
    In
   reply to: [Using sidebar widgets in multiple sidebars](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-sidebar-widgets-in-multiple-sidebars/)
 *  [marstonstudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marstonstudio/)
 * (@marstonstudio)
 * [18 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-sidebar-widgets-in-multiple-sidebars/#post-542643)
 * I found this thread useful when implementing multiple sidebars. I wrote up some
   additional information, including how to have certain standard widgets in every
   sidebar and posted the info [on my blog](http://marstonstudio.com/index.php/2007/07/17/multiple-wordpress-widget-sidebars/).
   Please forgive the shameless self promotion. 🙂

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