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In previous lesson we discussed how to create Wordpress multi-widget. In the version 2.8 Wordpress developers implemented new Widgets API that allows you to register widget in a few simple steps and it becomes multiple by default. We want to review these steps and to show how it works. But unfortunately this method works in Wordpress 2.8+ and is not compatible with earlier Wordpress versions.

First of all Wordpress coders implemented Class model for Widgets. In order to create a widget you need to create new class and extend it from default one. Basic syntax is the … read more

Wordpress team is going to release a new version to the public on May 2009. Let’s download beta version and look a bit closer at Wordpress 2.8.

Features List

• The main features are new Theme Installer routines, Theme Search routines and new Widgets API.
• Another very nice feature (from our standpoint) is CodePress syntax highlighting in Theme and Plugin editors.
• Improved Plugin search (this was in 2.7.1) on Administration > Plugins > Add New
• Autosave post/page when pressing Control/Command+S
• Permalink editor changes and fix for pages
• Wordpress 2.8 have new TinyMCE 3.2.3 and pclzip has been updated to 2.8
• JS script loader Improvements: Wordpress 2.8 now uses jQuery 1.3.2.
• Also Wordpress developers want to add Menu editor!!! But for now it’s not included in the beta package.

Video Review

The following video (thanks to eduChalk.org) shows a couple of nice improvements … read more

Wordpress has already become a very popular free blog engine mostly thanks to the extensibility with the help of plug-ins. Since version 2.1 famous Wordpress Widgets were integrated. This mechanism allows to manage blocks in sidebar. In more difficult sites which are built with WP often there is a need of using different sidebars on different pages. Here come troubles with using widgets. The majority of widgets can be added only once. You can easily find articles on how to create widgets in the Internet. The main article is on Wordpress codex site (read wordpress widgets API article).

The article ends on section “Widgets - One or many ” with such words: “… Wordpress is doing the work for you to instantiate your Widget multiple times if you follow some rules.”. Actually in this article we want to describe these rules, because we can’t find them … read more