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Automatically activate default widgets

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davexpression
8 years ago · Last reply by davexpression 8 years ago

Hello SO Team.

Please is there a way to programmatically activate some default widgets?
I tried

SiteOrigin_Widgets_Bundle::single()->activate_widget('sow-features')
and even this

function mytheme_activate_wb_widget( $widgets ) {
  $widgets[] = 'sow-features';
  return $widgets;
}
add_filter('siteorigin_widgets_active_widgets', 'mytheme_activate_widget')

I put the code above in my functions.php and even tried it in a plugin.

Thanks.

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  1. Alex S Staff 8 years, 6 months ago

    Hi Dave,

    I’d like to help you with this issue. Unfortunately, this is beyond the scope of the support we’re able to offer on our free forums. There is a fair amount of custom work involved.

    We do offer this level of support to our premium users, so if you’d like to upgrade to SiteOrigin Premium, then I can help you over email support.

    If you’d prefer not to upgrade to SiteOrigin Premium, then you can hire a WordPress developer from Codeable. They’ll charge you an hourly rate for any work done.

  2. davexpression 8 years, 5 months ago

    Thanks Alex.

    I am a WordPress Developer so I don’t need to hire a developer from Codeable. This worked for me

    $folder = WP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/so-widgets-bundle/widgets/';
$widget_ids = array('testimonial'); //you can add more
foreach ($widget_ids as $widget_id) {
	if( !file_exists($folder . $widget_id . '/' . $widget_id . '.php') ) continue;
		// There are times when we activate several widgets at once, so clear the cache.
		wp_cache_delete( 'siteorigin_widgets_active', 'options' );
		$active_widgets = SiteOrigin_Widgets_Bundle::single()->get_active_widgets();
		$active_widgets[$widget_id] = true;
		update_option( 'siteorigin_widgets_active', $active_widgets );
		wp_cache_delete( 'active_widgets', 'siteorigin_widgets' );
}

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