Title: Widget Instance
Author: Global
Published: <strong>11. Juni 2012</strong>
Last modified: 11. Juli 2018

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Dieses Plugin **ist nicht mit den jüngsten 3 Hauptversionen von WordPress** getestet
worden. Es wird möglicherweise nicht mehr gewartet oder unterstützt und kann Kompatibilitätsprobleme
haben, wenn es mit neueren Versionen von WordPress verwendet wird.

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# Widget Instance

 Von [Global](https://profiles.wordpress.org/global_1981/)

[Herunterladen](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/widget-instance.zip)

 * [Details](https://de-at.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-instance/#description)
 * [Rezensionen](https://de-at.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-instance/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://de-at.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-instance/#installation)
 * [Entwicklung](https://de-at.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-instance/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-instance/)

## Beschreibung

Widgets are normally displayed as part of a sidebar using the dynamic_sidebar()

function. There is the_widget function for static widgets, but there is no equivalent
for specific widgets configured in the Appearance > Widgets area.

The Widget Instance plugin allows WordPress users of all abilities to display
 these
widgets outside of the sidebars they have been assigned to.

Features

 1. A wysiwyg editor button for selecting available widgets,
 2. A shortcode [widget_instance id=“[widget_id]“],
 3. A theme action do_action(‚widget_instance‘, [widget_id]) and finally
 4. Utility functions for developers get_widget_instance and widget_instance

Usage

 * [widget_instance id=“[widget_id]“]
 * do_action(‚widget_instance‘, ‚[widget_id]‘);
 * the_widget_instance(‚[widget_id]‘);
 * get_the_widget_instance(‚[widget_id]‘);

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The Widget Instance editor button
 * [[
 * The editor dialog for inserting a specific widget instance

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

 1. Upload `widget-instance` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‚Plugins‘ menu in WordPress
 3. Within the editor, you can use the Widget Instance editor button to select
     from
    available widgets or enter a shortcode following the syntax: [widget_instance id
    =“[widget_id]“]
 4. Optional step: If you would like to retain the sidebar format of the widget, check
    the Include Sidebar format checkbox
 5. Within template files you can use the following php snippets:

 * Action: do_action(‚widget_instance‘, ‚[widget_id]‘);
 * Function: the_widget_instance(‚[widget_id]‘);
 * Function: get_the_widget_instance(‚[widget_id]‘);

## FAQ

  How do I get the widget id?

Of course the editor button automagically retrieves all the available widgets
 (
and their ids) for you, but if you are using one of the PHP functions, you can get
the available widget ids by looping over the array returned by the function wp_get_sidebars_widgets()

## Rezensionen

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6dbf7eec55bede15de45e3ffe70c64119ebcfc1ed578a8f847bef939b02eef35?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works, but not with widgets that need parameters](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-but-not-with-widgets-that-need-parameters/)󠁿

 [jeroenm77](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jeroenm77/) 3. September 2018

Works, if you need a widget that doesn’t need parameters.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/02f1f7a1add6beadf074cfe6c5957fde3be39f84739263a073b84e538e8988dd?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works as expected!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-as-expected-303/)󠁿

 [luigitec](https://profiles.wordpress.org/luigitec/) 9. Mai 2017

Nice plugin, it does what I needed.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cecc642a78e07c4546e7a53a71ae2b1dba80ea102cac14441f23f93cebdf3e59?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-2413/)󠁿

 [pierrechecy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pierrechecy/) 13. März 2017

use with other plugin „Category Posts Widget“ and template Customizr very easy

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/96f3c753920654ef8d0690b3edd5f63b2639318d9262eccf4ae94932ddbad7b6?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[5 Stars Plugin. Great Great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/5-stars-plugin-great-great/)󠁿

 [ireneml](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ireneml/) 3. September 2016

This plugin has saved me a lot of work and has given me all the answers I was looking
for a long time ago. Thank you very much Ben.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a5c88c71ae27ce729c94c08888d7bf109298f4ae13d6667161eff14567da8f0?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great plugin, thank you! Also provided a solution for the dropdown issue](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-thank-you-also-provided-a-solution-for-the-dropdown-issue/)󠁿

 [Immánuel Fodor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/immanuelfactor/) 3. September 2016

If anybody has the no widges in the dropdown issue, I posted a solution, just see
here: [SOLVED] No widgets in the dropdown I hope this helps! 🙂

 [ Lies alle 9 Rezensionen ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-instance/reviews/)

## Mitwirkende & Entwickler

„Widget Instance“ ist Open-Source-Software. Folgende Menschen haben an diesem Plugin
mitgewirkt:

Mitwirkende

 *   [ Global ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/global_1981/)

[Übersetze „Widget Instance“ in deine Sprache.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/widget-instance)

### Interessiert an der Entwicklung?

[Durchstöbere den Code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-instance/),
sieh dir das [SVN Repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/widget-instance/)
an oder abonniere das [Entwicklungsprotokoll](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/widget-instance/)
per [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/widget-instance/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Änderungsprotokoll

#### 0.9.5

 * Tested in WordPress 4.9.7

#### 0.9.4

 * Included Immánuel Fodor’s fix for empty dropdown

#### 0.9.3

 * Tested in WordPress 4.2.2, new banner, icons and tinymce button created.

#### 0.9.2

 * Added javascript loader, fix for wordpress installs where wp-includes url is 
   not in the root.

#### 0.9.1

 * Can now select a widget by it’s title as well as its id. The title is in parenthesis
   after the id.

#### 0.9

 * Tested on 3.5.1
 * Fixed php warnign typo

#### 0.8

 * Tested on 3.4.1
 * Added option for including sidebar formatting
 * The widget’s title will now include the sidebar title markup (More useful than
   having a plain text title)

#### 0.5

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.9.4**
 *  Last updated **vor 8 Jahren**
 *  Active installations **500+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.9.1 oder höher **
 *  Tested up to **4.9.29**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-instance/)
 * Tags
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 *  [Erweiterte Ansicht](https://de-at.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-instance/advanced/)

## Bewertungen

 3.4 out of 5 stars.

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## Mitwirkende

 *   [ Global ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/global_1981/)

## Support

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