widgets

The Gutenberg team has published a Blocks in Widget Areas RFC (request for comments) document, detailing a technical approach that … Continue reading Gutenberg Team Publishes RFC Document on Widget-Block Interfaces →

Gutenberg phase 2 development is underway and one of the first orders of business is porting all existing core widgets … Continue reading Gutenberg Phase 2 to Update Core Widgets to Blocks, Classic Widget in Development →

WordPress 4.8 brought TinyMCE to the core Text widget, along with brand new Image, Video, and Audio media widgets. The … Continue reading WordPress 4.9 Will Support Shortcodes and Embedded Media in the Text Widget →

The Core Media Widgets feature plugin introduced a gallery widget in the 0.2.0 release this week. WordPress 4.8 added the … Continue reading New Core Gallery Widget Targeted for WordPress 4.9 →

WordPress 4.8.1 is available for download or as an update from the WordPress Dashboard. This release contains 29 bug fixes … Continue reading WordPress 4.8.1 Released, Adds Custom HTML Widget →

WordPress 4.8 “Evans” is available for download and is the first major release of the year under the new release cycle. WordPress … Continue reading WordPress 4.8 “Evans” Released Featuring Nearby WordPress Events, New Media Widgets, and Link Boundaries →

WordPress 4.8 Beta 1 is available for testing and has a couple of features that will likely have a big … Continue reading What to Expect in WordPress 4.8 →

Adding images to sidebars in WordPress is a cumbersome task that requires users to upload an image to the Media … Continue reading Adding Images to WordPress Sidebars Is About to Get a Lot Easier →

WordPress 4.5 is right around the corner with the first release candidate now available for download. It includes 49 changes … Continue reading Get Your Widgets Ready for WordPress 4.5 →

The traditional use of widgets in WordPress is to set it and forget it. After placing and configuring a widget, … Continue reading Control the Visibility of WordPress Widgets Based on Time and Date →

The original Monster Widget plugin is a handy tool created by Automattic to assist theme developers with testing. Essentially, it … Continue reading Monster Widgets for bbPress and BuddyPress Make It Easy to Test Core Widgets →