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Automatically activate default widgets

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davexpression
Started · Latest reply by davexpression

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

    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

    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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