Widget Entries
Widget Entries plugin creates the Widget post-type in the administration area to make easier the edition of the text widgets, and it also register a n …
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 1
- Active installs
- 300+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 24 Jan 2011
- Added
- Jan 2011
- Requires WP
- 3.0
- Tested up to
- WP 3.1.4
- Downloads
- 18,943
Our analysis
AI-assistedWidget Entries is a WordPress plugin that enhances the management of text widgets by allowing you to treat them like posts. It provides a user-friendly interface for editing widgets, enabling the use of the WordPress editor for formatting, image uploads, and shortcodes.
This plugin is suitable for users who need to manage multiple widgets across various sidebars, particularly in themes with complex sidebar configurations. It also supports features like drafts and revisions, making it easier to maintain and update widget content.
Best for: This plugin is best for WordPress users managing multiple sidebars or complex widget setups.
What it does well
- ✓Allows formatting with the WordPress editor
- ✓Supports image uploads directly in widgets
- ✓Enables drafts and revisions for widgets
- ✓Allows use of shortcodes within widgets
- ✓Facilitates exporting widget content
Where it falls short
- •Limited information available about the plugin's performance
- •Last updated in January 2011, may not be compatible with newer versions of WordPress
Verdict
Widget Entries provides useful features for managing widgets more effectively, but its age and lack of recent updates may be a concern for some users.
From the developer
marquex's own description of Widget Entries, lightly tidied.
The text widget that comes with WordPress is one of the its most useful features because of its power and flexibility. It admits HTML code but it is not very comfortable to code in that small box, so that is the reason because some WYSIWYG widgets were created some later, you can add images, and format the text easily.
But widgets are pieces of our sites intended to change some often, and it would be nice to have revisions, or upload images just for them, use shortcodes… cutting the story short, to handle widgets as they were posts.
Widget Entries plugin creates the Widget post-type in the administration area to make easier the edition of the text widgets, and also register a new widget to import the widget entries easily.
This way of working has many advantages:
- You can format your widget with the WordPress editor.
- You can upload images directly to be shown in your widgets.
- You can have widgets drafts.
- You can use shortcodes inside your widget.
- You can get back to a previous version of your widgets thanks to the revision feature.
- You can export your widgets contents.
And you have more benefits like using php scripts inside the widgets.
This is the best way to manage your widgets when your theme has several sidebars, or different sidebars for every page. I recommend to use the Custom Sidebars plugin to create and assign sidebars to posts and pages.
This plugin uses the vtardia’s Improved Include Page Plugin to show the Widget posts. Thanks for his outstanding job.
Translations are welcome! I will write your name down here if you donate your translation work. Thanks very much to:
- marquex – English
- marquex – Spanish