[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #41087: Customizer: Deleting a Widget does not remove instance in options

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#41087: Customizer: Deleting a Widget does not remove instance in options
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 Reporter:  timmydcrawford  |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  4.8.1
Component:  Customize       |     Version:  3.9
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch     |     Focuses:
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Description changed by obenland:

Old description:

> When deleting a widget from {{{widgets.php}}}, for example a new Media
> Image Widget, the widget instance is removed from the
> {{{widget_media_image}}} site option, along with association/placement
> value in {{{sidebars_widgets}}}.
>
> However, if a widget is removed using the customizer, the widget data (
> again in this case testing with an image widget ), still exists in
> {{{get_option( 'widget_media_image' )}}}, while the entry in
> {{{sidebars_widgets}}} is again properly removed.
>
> It seems removal of a widget in both places ( widgets.php and customizer
> ) should result in the removal from the associated option in both cases.

New description:

 When deleting a widget from {{{widgets.php}}}, for example a new Media
 Image Widget, the widget instance is removed from the
 {{{widget_media_image}}} site option, along with association/placement
 value in {{{sidebars_widgets}}}.

 In the customizer however, if a widget is removed without having been
 saved first, the widget data ( again in this case testing with an image
 widget ), still exists in {{{get_option( 'widget_media_image' )}}}, while
 the entry in {{{sidebars_widgets}}} is either never added or properly
 removed.

 It seems removal of a widget in both places ( widgets.php and customizer )
 should result in the removal from the associated option in both cases.

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