WordPress Widgets
Widgets have come to WordPress! By installing the Widgets plugin by Automattic and using a widget-ready theme, you can bring the popular customization feature from WordPress.com to your very own, hosted WordPress installation. (WordPress 2.0 required).
Stats
Get simple, concise stats with no additional load on your server by plugging into WordPress.com’s stat system.
If you are running WordPress 2.2 or later, you do not need to install the Widgets plugin. Widgets are now part of WordPress core. You can proceed straight to the WordPress Widgets Blog to find some widgets to try out.
Widgets Plugin Downloads
What is a Widget?
“Widgets” is just a silly buzzword we’ve chosen for this sidebar-chopping plug-in we have developed. They could have been called Gadgets or Gizmos or Wizbangs or Whatevers. On the surface, they’re just things you can use to personalize your WordPress site without knowing HTML. Way down deep, they may be something entirely more significant. Anyway, here’s a peek:
Even more widgets
Follow the WordPress Widgets Blog for more widgets and themes, and send widget-related news and questions to “widgets” at wordpress.com.
Even more information
- How to use Widgets
- For bloggers: how to install and use Widgets on your own blog
- Widgetizing Themes
- For designers: how to make your themes work with widgets
- Widgetizing Plugins
- For developers: how to make widgets for WordPress blogs
- API Documentation
- For… eggheads?
