Quick Widget

A class for rapid widget development in WordPress.

Usage

function my_register_widgets(  )
{
	register_widget('My_Widget');
}
add_action('widgets_init', 'my_register_widgets');

/**
 * Declare the widget
 */
class My_Widget extends Quick_Widget
{
    protected $settings = array(
                'widget_id'     => 'my_widget',
                'name'	        => 'Example Widget',
                'description'   => 'Displays some text',
                'fields'        => array(
                            array(
                                        'name'      => 'Title',
                                        'id'        => 'title',
                                        'type'      => 'text',
                                        'default'   => 'My Super Sweet Widget Title',
                                ),
                            array(
                                        'name'      => 'Rad Notes',
                                        'desc' 	    => 'This input needs a description.',
                                        'id'        => 'rad_notes',
                                        'type'      => 'textarea',
                                        'default'   => 'Default text for the textarea.',
                                ),
                        ),
                'view_callback' => 'my_widget_team_view',
            );
}
$team_widget = new My_Widget;

/**
 * Define the "view" for each widget. Without one, the output will be underwhelming.
 */
function my_widget_view( $widget, $params, $sidebar )
{
    extract($params);

    if( !empty($title) )
    {
        echo $sidebar['before_title'] . $title . $sidebar['after_title'];
    }

    if( !empty($rad_notes) )
    {
        echo '<p>', $rad_notes, '</p>';
    }
}