The WordPress Widgets Plugin (WPW) is now available for download well that is once WordPress site is back up, just before I was going to post this I refreshed the WordPress.org page I had open and it noticed it now said “WordPress.org is taking a lunch break.” it’s been like that for quite a while now but yeah I’ve finally decided to submit this post anyway hoping that it will be up again soon, cross your fingers.<\/p>\n
Widgets<\/a> are an easy way for you to arrange and rearrange your sidebar to your hearts content without touching a line of code. We first launched WordPress Widgets (WPW) it on WordPress.com a month ago and the response<\/a> was<\/a> great<\/a>. Now we’re ready to release the plugin to the world. If adoption goes well, we’ll consider rolling it into the next version of WordPress.<\/p>\n
You can find out more information and download the plugin on the new Widgets page<\/a>.<\/p>\n
If you’re a developer, writing a WordPress Widget is as easy as a plugin<\/a> and we’ve even documented all the APIs for you<\/a>, as well as including guides for theme authors<\/a> and current plugin authors<\/a>.<\/p>\n
What’s the potential audience for widgets?<\/strong> In addition to the 130,000+<\/strong> blogs on WordPress.com, you have the potential to tap in to the 5,000<\/strong> people downloading WordPress every single day and the hundreds of thousands<\/strong> of existing WordPress blogs out there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n