What You’ll Be CreatingWidgets are a neat way of giving site owners some control over the look (and sometimes functionality) of their WordPress sites. In this series, we are going to be creating a handful of WordPress widgets by combining the Widgets API with other external APIs. The series will consist of the following tutorials: An Introduction Related Posts Widget Login Widget FAQ Widget Most Popular Posts Widget with Google Analytics Integration Physical Address Widget with Google Maps Integration Conclusion In this tutorial, I will introduce you to the WordPress Widgets API by (re)creating a simple text widget. We will dissect and examine the different functions that make up the widget so as to understand how WordPress widgets work in general
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Creating Your Own Widgets Using Various WordPress APIs: Introduction
