wp_render_widget() WordPress Function

The wp_render_widget() function is used to render a widget. It is located in wp-includes/widgets.php. This function is called when the widget is displayed. It accepts two arguments: the widget ID and the widget instance. The widget ID is the string used to identify the widget, while the widget instance is an object containing the widget's settings. The function first checks if the widget is active and if it should be displayed. If so, it calls the widget's render() method to display the widget. If the widget is not active or if it should not be displayed, the function returns false.

wp_render_widget( string $widget_id, string $sidebar_id ) #

Calls the render callback of a widget and returns the output.


Parameters

$widget_id

(string)(Required)Widget ID.

$sidebar_id

(string)(Required)Sidebar ID.


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Return

(string)


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Source

File: wp-includes/widgets.php

function wp_render_widget( $widget_id, $sidebar_id ) {
	global $wp_registered_widgets, $wp_registered_sidebars;

	if ( ! isset( $wp_registered_widgets[ $widget_id ] ) ) {
		return '';
	}

	if ( isset( $wp_registered_sidebars[ $sidebar_id ] ) ) {
		$sidebar = $wp_registered_sidebars[ $sidebar_id ];
	} elseif ( 'wp_inactive_widgets' === $sidebar_id ) {
		$sidebar = array();
	} else {
		return '';
	}

	$params = array_merge(
		array(
			array_merge(
				$sidebar,
				array(
					'widget_id'   => $widget_id,
					'widget_name' => $wp_registered_widgets[ $widget_id ]['name'],
				)
			),
		),
		(array) $wp_registered_widgets[ $widget_id ]['params']
	);

	// Substitute HTML `id` and `class` attributes into `before_widget`.
	$classname_ = '';
	foreach ( (array) $wp_registered_widgets[ $widget_id ]['classname'] as $cn ) {
		if ( is_string( $cn ) ) {
			$classname_ .= '_' . $cn;
		} elseif ( is_object( $cn ) ) {
			$classname_ .= '_' . get_class( $cn );
		}
	}
	$classname_                 = ltrim( $classname_, '_' );
	$params[0]['before_widget'] = sprintf( $params[0]['before_widget'], $widget_id, $classname_ );

	/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/widgets.php */
	$params = apply_filters( 'dynamic_sidebar_params', $params );

	$callback = $wp_registered_widgets[ $widget_id ]['callback'];

	ob_start();

	/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/widgets.php */
	do_action( 'dynamic_sidebar', $wp_registered_widgets[ $widget_id ] );

	if ( is_callable( $callback ) ) {
		call_user_func_array( $callback, $params );
	}

	return ob_get_clean();
}


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5.8.0Introduced.

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