Creating a Widget

Hey Magus,

Thank you for the rapid reply!

Unfortunately the solution did not work for me, i fear i am being a numpty here so i’m going to label out exactly what i’ve done so we can be sure.

1. Inside of the plugins directory i have created a folder called: extend-widgets-bundle

2. Inside the extend-widgets-bundle folder i have created a folder called: extra-widgets and file called extend-widgets-bundle.php.

3. Inside the extend-widgets-bundle.php file there is the following code:

<?php

function add_my_awesome_widgets_collection($folders){
    $folders[] = plugin_dir_path(__FILE__).'extend-widgets-bundle/';
    return $folders;
}
add_filter('siteorigin_widgets_widget_folders', 'add_my_awesome_widgets_collection');

4. Inside the extra-widgets folder there is a folder called: hello-world-widget

5. Inside the hello-world-widget folder the is a folder called hw-templates and a file called: hello-world-widget.php

6. Inside the hello-world-widget.php file there is the following code:

<?php

/*
Widget Name: Hello world widget
Description: An example widget which displays 'Hello world!'.
Author: Me
Author URI: http://example.com
Widget URI: http://example.com/hello-world-widget-docs,
Video URI: http://example.com/hello-world-widget-video
*/

class Hello_World_Widget extends SiteOrigin_Widget {

    function get_template_name($instance) {
        return '';
    }

    function get_style_name($instance) {
        return '';
    }
}

siteorigin_widget_register('hello-world-widget', __FILE__, 'Hello_World_Widget');

function __construct() {
    //Here you can do any preparation required before calling the parent constructor, such as including additional files or initializing variables.

    //Call the parent constructor with the required arguments.
    parent::__construct(
        // The unique id for your widget.
        'hello-world-widget',

        // The name of the widget for display purposes.
        __('Hello World Widget', 'hello-world-widget-text-domain'),

        // The $widget_options array, which is passed through to WP_Widget.
        // It has a couple of extras like the optional help URL, which should link to your sites help or support page.
        array(
            'description' => __('A hello world widget.', 'hello-world-widget-text-domain'),
            'help'        => 'http://example.com/hello-world-widget-docs',
        ),

        //The $control_options array, which is passed through to WP_Widget
        array(
        ),

        //The $form_options array, which describes the form fields used to configure SiteOrigin widgets. We'll explain these in more detail later.
        array(
            'text' => array(
                'type' => 'text',
                'label' => __('Hello world! goes here.', 'siteorigin-widgets'),
                'default' => 'Hello world!'
            ),
        ),

        //The $base_folder path string.
        plugin_dir_path(__FILE__)
    );
}

function get_template_name($instance) {
    return 'hello-world-template';
}

function get_template_dir($instance) {
    return 'hw-templates';
}

7. Inside the hw-templates folder there is a file called hello-world-template.php which contains the following code:

<div>
    <?php echo wp_kses_post($instance['text']) ?>
</div>

As i said i am a bit of a newbie, apologies in advance and thank you for your time.

Best,
Paul