Title: Widget Magic
Author: Femi
Published: <strong>July 11, 2011</strong>
Last modified: July 11, 2011

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# Widget Magic

 By [Femi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fomojolaideasynthesiscom/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/widget-magic.1.1.zip)

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

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-magic/)

## Description

Implements a set of WordPress shortcodes and theme additions that allow widget content(
initially just sidebars but eventually any text) to be used in any page or post 
using simple shortcodes.

### Usage

For a sidebar:

    ```
    [show_sidebar id="<sidebar id>"]
    ```

#### Attributes

 * _id_: the id or name of the sidebar to be shown.

## Installation

 1. Install Widget Magic either via the WordPress.org plugin directory, or by uploading
    the files to your server. If uploading the files to your server create a `widget_magic`
    directory in your `/wp-content/plugins/` directory and upload `widget_magic.php`
    into that directory.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

## FAQ

  Why Widget Magic

I needed to reuse a specific piece of content in multiple places (specifically a
sidebar in a page with no sidebar). This let me do that. In general WordPress does
not appear to make it trivial to reuse smaller pieces of content in multiple places.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Widget Magic” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Femi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fomojolaideasynthesiscom/)

[Translate “Widget Magic” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/widget-magic)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/widget-magic/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/widget-magic/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/widget-magic/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/widget-magic/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.1

 * Readme changes.

#### 1.0

 * Initial implementation.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.0**
 *  Last updated **15 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.2.1**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-magic/)
 * Tags
 * [magic](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/magic/)[widget](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/widget-magic/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Femi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fomojolaideasynthesiscom/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/widget-magic/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](https://github.com/fomojola/Widget-Magic)