Samsarin PHP Widget 2.0 Beta 1

By Chris Pettitt | June 20th, 2009

I’ve finished writing Samsarin PHP Widget 2.0 Beta 1, which is compatible with Wordpress 2.8. It is a complete rewrite, so I plan to leave it in a beta state for a few weeks while I get feedback. If you do try the beta, please let me know how it goes.

Two important considerations with this plugin:

  • As this is a complete rewrite it is not compatible with older versions of Wordpress. Use the 1.3.2 plugin for older versions.
  • The plugin doesn’t upgrade old Samsarin PHP Widgets - it looks like I may be able to make upgrade possible, but it needs more investigation.

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  1. KitFistoNo Gravatar says:

    July 6th, 2009 at 11:20 pm

    “As this is a complete rewrite it is not compatible with older versions of Wordpress. ”
    It is only compatible with 2.8?
    I tried it on 2.6 and it didn’t work, so maybe I’ll need to update :x

  2. Chris PettittNo Gravatar says:

    July 7th, 2009 at 7:18 am

    The new plugin only works with WP 2.8, because the API changed. If you’re on WP 2.6 I would recommend using the 1.3.2 plugin, which is the current plugin on the Wordpress site. When you move to WP 2.8+ though, you can upgrade to the newer plugin.

  3. SlyNo Gravatar says:

    July 11th, 2009 at 10:56 am

    Works nicely with WP2.8, thanks.
    I’m now able to use several PHP widgets, which I could not do with the previous version.

  4. SuzanneNo Gravatar says:

    August 7th, 2009 at 11:06 pm

    Hi, I just upgraded Samsarin on my web site after upgrading to WP 2.8, because I found it was only allowing me one widget I figured I now needed an upgraded Plugin/Widget, and yup, that solved it. It’s working great, letting me run several widgets on that site. Thank you very much for a plugin I can’t do without, as I run several WP sites.

  5. MarthaNo Gravatar says:

    August 10th, 2009 at 12:33 pm

    FYI, I’ve installed your updated version on an install of WPMU 2.8.3, and the duplicate widget interface isn’t showing up.

    The single Samsarin PHP Widget is available to me in the list of sidebar widgets, but I don’t have the menu at the bottom of the page that allows me to provision multiple instances.

  6. MarthaNo Gravatar says:

    August 10th, 2009 at 12:51 pm

    Doh. Never mind. I just realized that when I add the widget, it’s still available to me to add to another sidebar.

    Sorry for the mistake!

    Great plugin, btw, and thanks for the upgrade!!

  7. Li-AnNo Gravatar says:

    August 13th, 2009 at 6:54 am

    Tried to update the plugin for WP 2.8 and all previous widgets are vanished…

  8. kangzjNo Gravatar says:

    August 22nd, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    would u please email me a copy of this plugin? I cannot access it. Thank u very much.

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    September 19th, 2009 at 3:49 pm

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  10. JacobNo Gravatar says:

    October 26th, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    Hello,

    Anyone able to get shortcodes working with this plugin? My shortcodes work with all other widgets. Samsarin Widget only returns the code, not the result of the code.

    Thanks,
    Jacob

  11. samNo Gravatar says:

    October 27th, 2009 at 5:12 am

    Hi,

    In the new version of samsarin, the php code in the title of widget doesn’t work, is it normal ?
    Thanks

    Sam

  12. Chris PettittNo Gravatar says:

    October 27th, 2009 at 5:30 am

    Sam,

    Thanks for pointing that out. That was a regression that came in 2.1 specifically. I’ve posted a 2.1.1 that should address that for you. You can get it at http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/samsarin-php-widget/download/ once it is shows up (it usually takes about 20 - 30 minutes to post).

  13. Li-AnNo Gravatar says:

    October 27th, 2009 at 5:49 am

    Thank you for this update but why does the new versions don’t show on Wordpress.org ? The last version visible is 1.3.2 ???

  14. samNo Gravatar says:

    October 27th, 2009 at 6:16 am

    Thank you so much, it’s ok for me !

  15. Chris PettittNo Gravatar says:

    October 27th, 2009 at 6:34 am

    @Li-An

    For the moment you can get the latest plugin (2.1.1) here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/samsarin-php-widget/download/

    I left the version at 1.3.2 for now, because there is not a nice migration path from 1.3.2 to 2.x that preserves 1.3.2 widgets.

  16. Nigel HowarthNo Gravatar says:

    November 28th, 2009 at 4:00 am

    Many thanks for the update, the beta is working fine for me with WordPress 2.8.6

    Great job

  17. DarrenNo Gravatar says:

    February 6th, 2010 at 7:15 pm

    Hi Chris,

    Thanks for your work, but I have a question.

    2.1.1 works with Wordpress 2.9.1 when I use basic PHP. However, the following code to display my latest Twitter tweet doesn’t seem to work. Any idea why?

    http://scriptplayground.com/tutorials/php/Latest-Twitter-Update-With-PHP/

    I know there are plugins to grab Twitter updates, but I’m trying to do it this way so I can include other code in the single widget to avoid messing up my Wordpress theme!

    Thanks,
    Darren.

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