wp_widgets_init() WordPress Function

This function is used to register widget areas (sidebars) for your theme. You can use it to define how many widget areas you want and what your theme's default widget area should look like.

wp_widgets_init() #

Registers all of the default WordPress widgets on startup.


Description

Calls ‘widgets_init’ action after all of the WordPress widgets have been registered.


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Source

File: wp-includes/widgets.php

function wp_widgets_init() {
	if ( ! is_blog_installed() ) {
		return;
	}

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Pages' );

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Calendar' );

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Archives' );

	if ( get_option( 'link_manager_enabled' ) ) {
		register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Links' );
	}

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Media_Audio' );

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Media_Image' );

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Media_Gallery' );

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Media_Video' );

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Meta' );

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Search' );

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Text' );

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Categories' );

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Recent_Posts' );

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Recent_Comments' );

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_RSS' );

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Tag_Cloud' );

	register_widget( 'WP_Nav_Menu_Widget' );

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Custom_HTML' );

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Block' );

	/**
	 * Fires after all default WordPress widgets have been registered.
	 *
	 * @since 2.2.0
	 */
	do_action( 'widgets_init' );
}


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Changelog

Changelog
VersionDescription
2.2.0Introduced.

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