WP_Widget_Factory::get_widget_object( string $id_base )

Returns the registered WP_Widget object for the given widget type.

Parameters

$id_base

(string) (Required) Widget type ID.

Return

(WP_Widget|null)

Source

File: wp-includes/class-wp-widget-factory.php 

public function get_widget_object( $id_base ) {
		$key = $this->get_widget_key( $id_base );
		if ( '' === $key ) {
			return null;
		}

		return $this->widgets[ $key ];
	}

Used By

Used By Description
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widgets-controller.php: WP_REST_Widgets_Controller::prepare_item_for_response()

Prepares the widget for the REST response.
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widgets-controller.php: WP_REST_Widgets_Controller::update_item()

Updates an existing widget.
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widgets-controller.php: WP_REST_Widgets_Controller::delete_item()

Deletes a widget.
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widgets-controller.php: WP_REST_Widgets_Controller::save_widget()

Saves the widget in the request object.
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widget-types-controller.php: WP_REST_Widget_Types_Controller::get_widgets()

Normalize array of widgets.
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-widget-types-controller.php: WP_REST_Widget_Types_Controller::encode_form_data()

An RPC-style endpoint which can be used by clients to turn user input in a widget admin form into an encoded instance object.
wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php: WP_Customize_Widgets::sanitize_widget_instance()

Sanitizes a widget instance.
wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php: WP_Customize_Widgets::sanitize_widget_js_instance()

Converts a widget instance into JSON-representable format.

Changelog

Version Description
5.8.0 Introduced.

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https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_factory/get_widget_object