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WordPress Widgets

Quote This: WordPress Plugin

Quote This: WordPress Plugin

By Justin Tadlock on March 26, 2009

A WordPress plugin for displaying quotes on your blog with either the quote_this() template tag, [quote-this] shortcode, or the Quote This widget.

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Query Posts Widget: WordPress Plugin

Query Posts Widget: WordPress Plugin

By Justin Tadlock on March 15, 2009

Have you ever wanted a WordPress widget that would allow you to display posts your way? Now you can have that. Check out the Query Posts widget.

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Disable widget areas (sidebars) without touching theme templates

Disable widget areas (sidebars) without touching theme templates

By Justin Tadlock on March 6, 2009

A guide on how to remove WordPress widgets areas on a conditional basis with sacrificing the original theme code.

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Widgets Reset: WordPress Plugin

Widgets Reset: WordPress Plugin

By Justin Tadlock on March 3, 2009

If you’ve ever lost your WordPress widgets when switching themes or they’ve gotten stuck in some random widget area, you should check out this plugin. It completely resets all of your widgets.

Tagged WordPress, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Widgets | 58 Responses

On a mission to create new WordPress widgets

On a mission to create new WordPress widgets

By Justin Tadlock on February 6, 2009

I’m on a mission to create cool, new WordPress widgets. Of course, I’ll need some help with coming up with fresh ideas.

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Anybody want to test a new widget?

Anybody want to test a new widget?

By Justin Tadlock on January 28, 2009

I’m looking for people to test out a new, experimental WordPress widget that allow you to display content in just about any way you want.

Tagged WordPress Plugins, WordPress Widgets | 34 Responses

If you were a WordPress theme developer: Widget areas

If you were a WordPress theme developer: Widget areas

By Justin Tadlock on October 5, 2008

In this third post of the If you were a WordPress theme developer series, I’m asking users to share their ideas about WordPress widgets. What areas of a theme should come widgetized?

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