Title: HTML5 Widgets
Author: Daniel Iser
Published: <strong>June 15, 2011</strong>
Last modified: July 20, 2011

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# HTML5 Widgets

 By [Daniel Iser](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danieliser/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/html5-widgets.0.9.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/html5-widgets/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/html5-widgets/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/html5-widgets/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/html5-widgets/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/html5-widgets/)

## Description

With many HTML5 themes out now users will need more control over their widgets to
take full advantage of the new HTML5 Semantics. This plugin allows you to change
the DIV/Container element of each widget to one of the new HTML5 Semantic tags.

#### Tags Available

 * Aside
 * Section
 * Nav

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## Installation

 1. Upload `html5-widgets` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. On the `Widgets` page there will be a new box on each widget to allow you to choose
    its HTML5 Type.

## FAQ

  Will this work on every theme?

Yes and no. This plugin will work modifying the containers, but themes like ‘TwentyTen’
use unordered lists `ul` to surround the widget areas and this will fail w3 validation
since `<ul>` cannont contain elements other than `<li>`.

  How do you fix the twentyten theme to work with this?

You can edit the sidebar.php file in the theme editor and remove `<ul class="xoxo"
>` and `</ul>` for both the primary and secondary widget areas. Leave the `<div>`
s and you should now validate.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“HTML5 Widgets” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Daniel Iser ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danieliser/)

[Translate “HTML5 Widgets” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/html5-widgets)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/html5-widgets/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/html5-widgets/), or subscribe
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## Changelog

#### 0.9.1

 * Fixed issue with replacement method.

#### 0.9

 * Initial Release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.9.1**
 *  Last updated **15 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.1.4**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/html5-widgets/)
 * Tags
 * [aside](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/aside/)[HTML5](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/html5/)
   [nav](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/nav/)[Section](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/section/)
   [widget](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/html5-widgets/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Daniel Iser ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danieliser/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/html5-widgets/)

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