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Susie Broughton
2,130 Pointscreate_widget question
On the create_widget function where it is actually generating the widget I have a question about the parameters passed after.
create_widget("Header", "Uptop", "Displays in the header of the site, above the title")
Now is "Header" the 'name' of the sidebar. Is "Uptop" the 'id' (I thought IDs were all numerical). Which leaves "Displays....title" as the 'description'. Is this correct or am I barking up the wrong tree?
Mod Note Added some forum markdown for clarity :-)
3 Answers
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 PointsHi Susie,
Yes I believe that that is the case. The create_widget function creates the building blocks for a new widget that will appear in the admin area.
Although I'm not seeing create_widget in the WordPress codex so I wonder if that function is deprecated. In any case if you want to look up parameters of a function and see how things work the Codes is a great resource.
Here's a Codex page for adding Widgets to your theme. https://codex.wordpress.org/Widgets_API and a beginner tutorial for adding widgets to your WordPress site. :) http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-a-custom-wordpress-widget/
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 PointsWith 4.8 just being released, they made a major upgrade to the widgets. I would look into that as well.
Susie Broughton
2,130 PointsThanks for the feedback chaps!