[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #9651: New Widget API - breaks plugins - widget options

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#9651: New Widget API - breaks plugins - widget options
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 Reporter:  ceenz         |       Owner:                                                                            
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new                                                                       
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  2.8                                                                       
Component:  Widgets       |     Version:  2.8                                                                       
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  widget, plugin, multi-widget, widget options, widget context, widget logic
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 The new Widget API breaks plugins 'Widget Context' and 'Widget Logic'.
 Both these plugins attempt to filter the display of widgets through
 different settings. Both plugins employee complicated hacks to WP and The
 Loop to achieve their means.
 These hacks are now broken with the introduction of the new Widget API.

 It is my belief due to the nature of the hacks employed by the above
 plugins there should be no work around in the new Widget API, however the
 goals and aims of these plugins maybe easily implemented through the
 addition of three new callbacks in the new API.

 I have included a patch to the main widget.php that enables plugins to
 achieve the addition of filtering the display of widgets, and the addition
 of 'default' widget display options. I have also attached a plugin that
 makes use of these new callbacks to give widgets filter options that limit
 the display of widgets to the site homepage, individual page, categories
 etc.

 I would very much like this patch to be included in the main branch.

 Cheers,
 Chris

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