Create or Add custom widget in wordpress

Add custom widget in WordPress

You can create a new widget according to your need, anywhere in the website in WordPress by adding code to one of two places.

Add below code in your functions.php file of active active.

function custom_widget() {
register_sidebar( array(
'name'          => 'Widget Name',
'id'            => 'widget_ID',
'before_widget' => '<div class="widget">',
'after_widget'  => '</div>',
'before_title'  => '<h4 class="">',
'after_title'   => '</h4>',
) );
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'custom_widget' );

function custom_widget() {

register_sidebar( array(

'name' => 'Widget Name',

'id' => 'widget_ID',

'before_widget' => '<div class="widget">',

'after_widget' => '</div>',

'before_title' => '<h4 class="">',

'after_title' => '</h4>',

) );

}

add_action( 'widgets_init', 'custom_widget' );

and second add the this code in your header, sidebar or any other file where you want to call that new widget.

<div id="sidebar" class="col span_3 col_last">
<?php if ( is_active_sidebar( 'widget_ID' ) ) : ?>
<?php dynamic_sidebar( 'widget_ID' ); ?>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>