[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20542: Extend register_widget to allow passing params as second argument

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#20542: Extend register_widget to allow passing params as second argument
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 Reporter:  codearachnid  |      Owner:  codearachnid
     Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Widgets       |    Version:  3.4
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
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 I ran into an issue recently where I needed to make multiple calls of
 `register_widget('my_custom_class');` on the same class and have multiple
 unique widgets registered.

 The problem I ran into is that every time the same class is called it will
 overwrite the last instance of the same class during the widget
 constructor request `parent::__construct('unique_id', 'widget title');`
 This does not allow for reuse of the same class to instantiate multiple
 widgets. I found that if I were to extend the register method in
 WP_Widget_Factory to pass through arguments into the extended WP_Widget
 constructor that I can reuse the same class for multiple widget
 registations. I am working out the logic to implement this directly into
 /wp-includes/widgets.php for future functionality improvement.

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