It's been available for a few days but we just announced it: you can get the Widgets plugin for WordPress and start developing your own themes and widgets. Have at it!
[Update] TypePad has their own widgets and although their API is hidden behind a contact form, I must give them credit for having the best widget tagline: "Point. Click. Bling." 
March 29, 2006 at 11:03 pm |
[...] Automattic » WordPress Widgets- Making it a lot easier to edit the sidebar (and possibly more) of your WordPress blog. Supports RSS, so you can already do a lot. It’s already a function of WordPress.com. (via Andy Skelton) [...]
March 30, 2006 at 6:40 am |
Ok, I had to change this(line 185 of widgets.php):
$page = preg_replace('!^.*/wp-content/[^/]*plugins/!', '', __FILE__);to this:
$page = 'widgets\\\\widgets.php';for the plugin to work.
Now the dragging doesn’t work in Firefox 1.5. This seems to have been fixed on wordpress.com, is there a fix for the plugin?
March 30, 2006 at 10:24 am |
Very Cool..Awesome Plugin. Thanks for the all the hardwork put into this plugin..Unlimited Possibilities
March 30, 2006 at 2:16 pm |
Exactly what I have been waiting for! THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS! Oh and did I say THANKS?!?
March 30, 2006 at 3:35 pm |
Awesome Plug-in!
March 30, 2006 at 5:23 pm |
[...] Forget about sliced bread. You want widgets. WordPress widgets. You got widgets. Go at it. [...]
March 31, 2006 at 2:53 am |
The Widget Wars!
What’s super hot currently in the blogosphere? Without doubt it’s widgets, which are the latest features offered by 2 of the top Blogging Platforms WordPress & Typepad. So what exactly are Widgets you ask? Very simple, Widgets are small…
March 31, 2006 at 2:44 pm |
Thank you ! this is so cool….
widgets are the motherlode to ice the cake,
Combine widgets with some feeds you roll yourself….
Your Daily Feed at http://dailyfeed.com will help you exploit WordPress widgets, so you can shake and bake your own custom content.
example: I found out about the following resource (thanks to dailyfeed.com) : Create your custom feeds from Chris Pirillo’s fabulous Gada Be at (http://gada.be) service: Make an opml to import into your reader or your website.
how cool is that! then use the feeds you create from your own key words, to flesh out your site with relevant news or information which the reader is looking for….
I’m happy. Now that we’re all totally spoiled, how about a database engine
for content, and some more custom themes…
thank you
March 31, 2006 at 10:36 pm |
Great plugin. Thanks for the hardwork. I have already created 2 widgets.
xbox live gamercard – http://www.bugboysworld.com/?dl=mygamercardnet_widget.zip
verse of the day – http://www.bugboysworld.com/?dl=votd_widget.zip
thanks again
April 3, 2006 at 5:28 pm |
Rudd-O’s Wordspew now supports Widgets
Great news! Version 2.4 of Rudd-O’s Wordspew now fully supports Widgets. This means that, on any Widgets-compatible theme, you can drag-and-drop the Wordspew to any position in your WordPress blog sidebar.
Go get it now!
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April 4, 2006 at 11:36 am |
Zedlander, I had the same issue and used the temporary fix you mentioned above PLUS I had to make sure the scriptalicious folder was in /js and not elsewhere, and then dragging of widgets worked in Firefox for me.
Instead of hacking a file, there is an updated widgets.php file that appears to fix the issue (I tested it and it works just fine).
Snag it here: http://svn.wp-plugins.org/widgets/trunk/widgets.php
You can visit the thread on the wordpress support forums here:
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/67254?replies=15
April 6, 2006 at 9:02 pm |
Nice plugin! Great job!