Basic WordPress Widget Code #snippet #WordPress

widgets.php

<?php
	
	/*
	* Basic WordPress Widget Code
	* Save to: /wp-content/theme/widgets.php
	* in functions.php or appropriate place: if ($wp_version >= 2.8) require_once(TEMPLATEPATH.'/widgets.php');
	*
	*/
	class MyWidgetName extends WP_Widget
	{
	  function MyWidgetName()
	  {
	    $widget_ops = array('classname' => 'MyWidgetName', 'description' => 'My Widget Description' );
	    $this->WP_Widget('MyWidgetName', 'My Widget Title', $widget_ops);
	  }
	 
	  function form($instance)
	  {
	    $instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, array( 'title' => '' ) );
	    $title = $instance['title'];
	?>
	  <p><label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>">Title: <input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id('title'); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name('title'); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo esc_attr($title); ?>" /></label></p>
	<?php
	  }
	 
	  function update($new_instance, $old_instance)
	  {
	    $instance = $old_instance;
	    $instance['title'] = $new_instance['title'];
	    return $instance;
	  }
	 
	  function widget($args, $instance)
	  {
	    extract($args, EXTR_SKIP);
	 
	    echo $before_widget;
	    $title = empty($instance['title']) ? ' ' : apply_filters('widget_title', $instance['title']);
	 	
	    if (!empty($title))
	      echo '<h3 class="widget-title">' . $title . '</h3>';
	 
	    // WIDGET CODE GOES HERE
	   
	  }
	 
	}
add_action( 'widgets_init', create_function('', 'return register_widget("MyWidgetName");') );

?>