[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38248: Extend Widgets UX and Capabilities

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#38248: Extend Widgets UX and Capabilities
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 Reporter:  davidakennedy  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Widgets        |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                 |     Focuses:
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Comment (by westonruter):

 @davidakennedy I agree 100%. Widgets need a lot of love in core, but they
 are very powerful and can be made so much more so if we modernize them and
 make them usable in more places than “sidebars”.

 I think there should be a convergence between widgets and shortcodes in
 WordPress, with a goal of implementing content blocks. I wrote up a lot
 about this on the Shortcake project: https://github.com/wp-
 shortcake/shortcake/issues/585

 Some related trac tickets:

 * #33507: Allow widget controls to be JS-driven
 * #35574: Add REST API JSON schema information to WP_Widget
 * #35669: Store widgets in a custom post type instead of options
 * #28580: Speed up customizer by lazy-loading controls and settings as
 needed
 * #33473: Shortcodes + Widgets. Unified "component" API (aka Content
 Blocks)

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