<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Edward Caissie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com" target="_blank">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<br>Deregistering core widgets should only be done if an enhanced version of that exact widget is registered that includes *all* of the original widget's functionality; otherwise just register a new *required theme-specific* widget.<br>
</blockquote></div><br>+1 on this. I recall reviewing a theme where the Recent Posts widget was deregistered and replaced with an "enhanced" widget with images and excerpts but didn't include option for the basic Recent Post functionality for just plain links. <br>