Comments on: On a mission to create new WordPress widgets

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:39:43 +0000

@Joe:

Two plugins working in conjunction can do that easily:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/stats/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpresscom-popular-posts/

For the first, you’ll need to sign up for a WordPress.com account, where you can get an API key. But it’ll work on any self-hosted site.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00:47 +0000

Hello there,
I know this article is quite old but since I am frantically looking for a special widget for ages I thought I might just give it a try – who knows maybe you’re still in programming mood?

My favorite Widgets are those which list the pages and the categories in the sidebar. In addition there is one widget which lists the most recent articles. But what I am really looking for would be a widget which actually displayes the most popular articles. Where most popular meanst that they got the most pageviews.

I am not quite sure how this could be accomplished or if it is even feasible, but if so I would be really really eager to use it. I’m still hoping that there is a solution and that I just didn’t see it.

Thanks for your great offer and support.
-Joe-

By: Judge

Judge — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:40:13 +0000

How about a wp widget for a business catalog, like a restaurant menu. Categories drop down into items, maybe when you mouse over it ajax’s a little description under it.

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By: vadragol

vadragol — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:53:11 +0000

I am not new to wordpress but new to these widget things in wordpress. I just love widgets because it brings boring site to life and thats what the widget should do. Something to click on, something to play with, and something to learn. Salute to those coders who built that thing..

Rama

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By: Glenn Bennett

Glenn Bennett — Wed, 20 May 2009 19:22:20 +0000

Justin,

You might want to look a tool I created that turns some php code into a wordpress widget. It would easy to nab a piece of word press code and turn it into a widget.

Once you have the functioning php code you want. You can turn it into a widget in just few minutes.

You can find it as widgetifyr.com. It’s totally free.

Let me what you think.

Thanks
Glenn

By: celine francisco

celine francisco — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:17:03 +0000

I’d like those widgets from Widgetbox. If you’ve encountered them, try developing some that are like those. They are cute and very cool!

By: Idealien

Idealien — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:53:54 +0000

Brain dump of widget concepts ahead:

A widget that is really just a wrapper for creating lists. Yes I can do it with a text widget, but if the point of widgets is to make it easier than having to hand code the html in the template, why not ways take it to a further conclusion.

A widget that ties in the media uploader to upload an image, allows me to specify a link that it goes to. Perhaps an additional one that can do a random photo of the day from the entire library with no upload options.

A Twitter widget that pulls back a configurable amount of tweets for a specific user filtered by a specific hashtag (i.e. If I put #ZZZ into a post it will go to my website, but rest wouldn’t). Preferably if it can also filter the hashtag out of the twit that would be excellent.

Your template tag shortcodes plugin is a great start towards this (I think) – A widget that is a checkbox based list of all the pages on a site which you could use to build a widget that represents the header navigation for a site. This would need to have a few configurable options about presentation style (suckerfish, sliding doors css, basic)

A widget that supports the bilingualisation functionality of qTranslate – I know this is really one that would be meant for qTranslate to build, but since I was on the widget idea train and this was the last stop….

You’re doing great things Justin!

By: HowlingScribe

HowlingScribe — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:40:21 +0000

I would really like to see a plain widget or two for my book review site.

1) Currently Reading: This would allow me to upload to my server a book image, and link the book image to a url buy the book, the book title, a section where I can tell my readers what page I am on.

I.E.
Book Image
Title of Book
Reading Page: ____

Note: I have looked at all the ones listed on WPplugins, etc. and all of them use either Amazon, BN or something. I read many ebooks from online retailers so they don’t show up at Amazon.

For an example go to my website. I am currently using a text widget to do it, and I hate having to add each and every one with code and everything.

I would love it if the widget only posted books that have been added in the last 30 days, and perhaps had a MORE that will create a page gallery of the images/txt in the body to show more books that are over 30 days, but that might be too much work. *chuckles*

2) New for Sale: A simple copy of the Currently Reading, but without the page number.
Basically it would just allow a book image, title, and maybe something to mark it new for books that have been added in the last 30 days.

I know I am probably asking too much, but you asked what I wanted to see right?