Title: Better Widgets Author: shaunandrews Published: November 4, 2013 Last modified: January 22, 2014 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/better-widgets/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=818462) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/better-widgets_5b7872.svg) # Better Widgets By [shaunandrews](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shaunandrews/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/better-widgets.zip) * [Details](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/better-widgets/#description) * [Reviews](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/better-widgets/#reviews) * [Installation](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/better-widgets/#installation) * [Development](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/better-widgets/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-widgets/) ## Description Lets make widgets better. This plugin moves your wigdet areas (some call them sidebars) to the left, making them the focus of the screen. The list of available widgets now lives on the right. Available widgets are contained in their own scrollable div, helping resolve the age-old problem of scrolling and dragging. And widgets get some icons! Your active widgets get a little love, too. Saving a widget no closes the controls, and you’ll get some feedback that your widget has saved. This plugin is under active development and may break some things. Also, its not very friendly across various screen sizes, yet. ## Installation Install this plugin just like any normal WordPress plugin, by dropping the folder into your wp-content/plugins/ folder. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Better Widgets” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ shaunandrews ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shaunandrews/) [Translate “Better Widgets” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/better-widgets) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/better-widgets/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/better-widgets/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/better-widgets/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/better-widgets/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 0.3 Commenting out the wp_widget_control() function to stop causing a fatal error. This means no widget icons or fancy widget descriptions. Hoping to find a better way to do this. #### 0.2 Lots of changes. This plugin now requires WordPress 3.8, as the widgets screen in core has had some significant updates. Adding a checkmark to show that you’ve saved a widget. New icons for default widgets (and some Jetpack widgets, too). #### 0.1 Starting development with a concept UI. Some things don’t actually work. Experimental tagging of media items is commented out. Delete doesnt actually delete. Search is limited to the items viewable on the page. ## Meta * Version **0.3** * Last updated **12 years ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 3.8 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-widgets/) * Tag * [widgets](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widgets/) * [Advanced View](https://ewe.wordpress.org/plugins/better-widgets/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-widgets/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-widgets/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-widgets/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-widgets/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-widgets/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-widgets/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-widgets/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ shaunandrews ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shaunandrews/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-widgets/)