by Justin Tadlock 4.5 (11 reviews)

Widgets Reloaded

Name: Widgets Reloaded
Rating: 4.5 (11 reviews)
Author: Justin Tadlock

More advanced versions of the default WordPress widgets that come with highly customizable control panels.

Widgets Reloaded ranks #6,584 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #140 of 1,883 in the Calendar & Events category, a 4.5/5 rating from 11 reviews, and was last updated Sep 21, 2017. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.8 (Current: 7.1)

v1.0.0 Current Version v1.0.0

Updated 8 years ago Last Update on 21 Sep, 2017

Refreshed 10 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#140 of 1,883 in Calendar & Events Top 10% by installs No update in over a year

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66.1K

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Review 4.5 out of 5

4.5 (11 reviews)

Next Milestone 2K

Total Progress 26.3%

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.0.0
Last Updated: Sep 21, 2017
Requires WP: 4.8+
Tested Up To: 4.8
PHP Version: 5.3 or higher
Author: Justin Tadlock

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5
Reviews: 11
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and theme/plugin developers who want more control over default widget output. It replaces several default WordPress widgets with customizable versions offering more display options.

Reloaded Archives widget
Reloaded Authors widget
Reloaded Bookmarks widget
Reloaded Calendar widget
Reloaded Categories widget
Reloaded Menu widget
Reloaded Pages widget
Reloaded Posts widget

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Widgets Reloaded

For me and many of my theme users, we wanted the ability to have more control over the output of the default WordPress widgets, which didn't have enough flexibility. This functionality is easily done with PHP code. But, for someone unfamiliar with editing theme files and working with PHP, it is not so easy and not nearly as fun as widgets. Therefore, the original widgets for this plugin were created as a part of my theme framework, Hybrid Core. However, I wanted to provide a way for users of my themes to also be able to use these widgets, even if they were no longer using my themes. Plus, it would be cool if other WordPress users could use them too. Thus, this plugin was born.

Widgets Reloaded works by giving you more advanced versiosn of the default WordPress widgets. Each widget has many options to allow you to customize the output of widgets on your site. You'll see many more checkboxes, input boxes, select boxes, and other options to choose from.

Reloaded - Archives Reloaded - Authors Reloaded - Bookmarks (if link manager is enabled) Reloaded - Calendar Reloaded - Categories Reloaded - Menu Reloaded - Pages Reloaded - Posts Reloaded - Tags

First, you should understand that you don't have to use all of the widget options. The defaults are already set up for you when you add a widget to the sidebar. You only need to configure the options that you need. One thing many people don't realize is that most widgets are just "pretty" versions of WordPress template tags. They allow you to use the widgets screen to configure the parameters of functions that are normally written in PHP code. The Widgets Reloaded plugin merely exposes most, if not all, of these parameters in widget form. That way, you don't have to worry about writing code. The following is a list of the widgets and their associated template tag, which links to a Codex page that explains how each option (i.e., parameter) works. Archives: wp_get_archives Authors: wp_list_authors Bookmarks: wp_list_bookmarks Calendar: get_calendar Categories: wp_list_categories Menu: wp_nav_menu Pages: wp_list_pages Posts: WP_Query Tags: wp_tag_cloud

Yes. If your theme has dynamic sidebars, it supports widgets. Therefore, this plugin should work fine. The widgets are coded according to WordPress standards. The HTML output by them is no different than the HTML output by the default WordPress widgets. All correctly-coded themes will output the widgets perfectly.

I have a few ideas, but feel free to share your own. If there are other widgets you'd like to see in this plugin, let me know. I probably won't add every widget idea, but I'm more than willing to consider each one carefully. Also, remember that this plugin is meant to overwrite the default WordPress widgets. If you'd like to see a new widget that's not in WordPress, it probably won't get added to this plugin. However, I might be willing to code a new plugin just for that widget. I love WordPress widgets and am always interested in creating new, fun stuff.