add widget to views

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Problem:
How to add WordPress widget with view's templates

Solution:
To add WordPress widget to view template you need to wrap your widget code with custom shortcode and then use the custom shortcode to display the widget with your view template.

The complete solution you will find on the following reply:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/add-widget-to-views/#post-369022

Relevant Documentation:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_widget
http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgetizing_Themes

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Last updated by christerA 8 years, 2 months ago.

Assisted by: Minesh.

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February 21, 2016 at 11:40 am #368923

christerA

Hi, I am trying to:
add the normal WordPress widgets to the templates in Views.
How do i do that?

February 22, 2016 at 5:16 am #369022

Minesh

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Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

To add WordPress widget to view template you need to wrap your widget code with custom shortcode and then use the custom shortcode to display the widget with your view template.

For example, To display categories widget - add following shortcode to current theme's functions.php file:

add_shortcode('add_widget_to_view_template', 'widget_to_view_template');
 function widget_to_view_template($atts, $content = '') {
	return the_widget( 'WP_Widget_Categories', 'dropdown=1&count=1' );
}

Call shortcode with your view template:

[add_widget_to_view_template]

More Info:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_widget
http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgetizing_Themes

February 22, 2016 at 8:18 am #369074

christerA

Thanks, exactly what i was looking for!

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