[wp-hackers] Multiwidget Support

Joost de Valk joost at yoast.com
Thu Feb 5 21:57:29 GMT 2009


+1

I hate building multiple instanced widgets as well.

The amount of good ideas on the list seems to be going up rapidly, or  
is that just me paying more attention? :)

On Feb 5, 2009, at 10:55 PM, Chris Jean wrote:

> I've suffered through development of widgets that support multiple  
> instances many times. Recently, I began wondering some things:
>
>  1. Why is the method for producing multiwidgets so obscure and
>     complicated?
>  2. Why is there any need to support a single-instance widget?
>  3. Why aren't all the core widgets multiwidgets?
>  4. Couldn't the method of registering and controlling widgets be
>     improved to automatically make all widgets multiwidgets?
>
> Of course, for that last option to work, the storage mechanism would  
> have to be standardized. That's not a bad idea though.
>
> Thoughts?
>
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> Chris Jean
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