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WordPress Widgets

WordPress Widgets (WPW) is like a plugin, but designed to provide a simple way to arrange the various elements of your sidebar content (known as "widgets") without having to change any code. The Widgets SubPanel explains how to use the various Widgets that come delivered with WordPress, and the Widgets page at Automattic explains how to 'widgetize' themes and plugins.

List of Widgets

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  • 30Boxes - display events on your 30Boxes Calendar. Requires PHP 5.

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  • Quick SMS - allow visitors to send SMS messages to your mobile device

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  • Scrobbler - Displays various Audioscrobbler / Last.fm information (Recent Music, Top Albums, ...) in an AJAXified Widget, autoreloading itself, to keep your visitors informed (check the link to see an example).
  • Scrobbles - retreive and display Audioscrobbler data where you wish.
  • Search Widget with Title - This search widget comes with an optional h3 widget title and allows you to control the search button text, as well as giving you more control over styling.
  • Section Widget - A conditional text widget for section-specific content.
  • Show coComments - display unordered list of comments on the coComment service
  • Sidebar Login - allows login then redirect to point user logged in from.
  • Sideblog - display 1 or 2 sentences (asides) of posts
  • Simple Counter - A simple stat counter. Requires WP-ShortStat
  • Simple Recent Comments - widgetized version of Raoul's Simple Recent Comments
  • Site Meter Widget - Get the benefits of thte full free version of Site Meter while just using the username of your Site Meter account.
  • Skype button Widget - Adds a customizable Skype "Call me" button to your WordPress Sidebar (Based on "Skype Button" plugin from Anti Veeranna)
  • Spicypage Sidebar Widget - Display your spicypage vote stats using a sidebar widget.
  • Stock Quotes - display your favorite stock quotes
  • Subscribe2 - widget access to Subscribe2 plugin
  • Subscribe me! widget and plugin to subscribe to services
  • Swicki - a customizable search engine that learns from your community's search behavior

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  • Upcoming Events - displays a list of upcoming events that can be aggregated from many different iCal feeds.
  • On-line users list - show the loggedin users list in WordPress side bar.

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  • Verse of the Day - places the verse of the day (biblegateway.net) in your sidebar
  • Verse-O-Matic - Have a scripture verse appear on your sidebar. Four display settings - random every page load, random daily, show a list by date, or static until you change it.
  • VirtualPlantz Widget - get a virtual plant at http://www.virtualplantz.com/ and add it to your sidebar with the VirtualPlantz widget.
  • Video Sidebar Widgets - It enables the user to embed Flash Video from various video sharing networks into the widgetised sidebar of a WordPress powered blog. Supports 15 networks, such as Youtube, Vimeo, Blip.tv, Tangle, MySpace Video..etc

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  • Xiti - Display the Xiti audience logo and give you goods stats on your visitors.
  • XmasB Quotes - Display random quote with or without an image in your sidebar.

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Using Text Widgets

In many cases, the built-in Text Widget can be used to add new abilities to your sidebar. The Widget Plugin allows you to specify how many text widgets you need. Once you have specified the number of text widgets you need, each of those widgets is added to the "Available Widgets" column in the Presentation, Sidebar Widget Administration Panel.

Clicking on the icon on the right side of the widget allows you to enter the widget Options. There you can enter a description or title for that particular widget and also enter (in the large text box) the text or HTML code for the widget.

Here's a list of content known to work via text widgets. Each of these content providers supplies the necessary code for you to copy and paste into your widget to display their content on your blog.

Using RSS Widgets

The built-in RSS Widget can be used to add feeds to your sidebar. The Widget Plugin allows you to specify how many RSS widgets you need. Once you have specified the number of RSS widgets you need, each of those widgets is added to the "Available Widgets" column in the Presentation, Sidebar Widget Administration Panel.

Clicking on the icon on the right side of the widget allows you to enter the URL for the feed, a description of the feed, and how many items from the feed you want displayed.

Here's a sample of RSS feeds you can use in your widgets.

  • Doogate - search options
  • del.icio.us search options
  • Ebay - auction categories
  • Google - search options
  • Monster - career advice
  • MuseStorm - generates code to copy into Widget admin
  • RSStalker.com - Amazon product, wishlist, and category
  • Sabifoo - feeds created from instant messaging accounts at AOL Instant Messenger, Jabber, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, and Google Talk.
  • Tecnnorati search options
  • Yahoo - search options

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