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Hi,
I'd like to know if there is any code I can add to the function.php file to add a text field to each widget control form on my widget admin page.
I currently do this using the ZigWidgetClass plugin. But if I can implement what he does without using a plugin would be better. I also honestly think this is a neat function that should be implemented in the framework and it shouldn't be too difficult.With this text field I can enter a CSS class name in the box and it will be added to the classes that WordPress applies to that widget instance. To add multiple classes I can simply separate them with a space.
You could try the dynamic_sidebar_params hook which filters the parameters passed to a widget’s display callback.
You can use this filter with specific widget id's.
Sorry but I am quite a noob. How can I actually add the text field to the widget?
Thats hook enables you to add the class directly to the widget without adding a custom field to each widget and the adding the class manually.
You could do it using 1 filter function.
You can search for dynamic_sidebar_params and might find some code which provides the solution you want.
Just realized that I could achieve the same result exclusively using css. 🙂 Thanks anyway
@nfabiox85 if you start using the block editor to build, the blocks have additional css fields for you to name blocks so you can code them in the stylesheet. It's really pretty nice. I think the goal for WordPress is to move completely away from widgets, but that's down the road.
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