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<p>DMG Text Widget replaces the standard text widget with one that includes advanced options to apply a CSS class, add paragraphs, apply shortcodes, hide the title and make the title a link.</p>
<p>Two hooks are available to filter the title and text; <code>dmg_text_widget_title</code> for the title and <code>dmg_text_widget_text</code> for the text.</p>
<p>For example, to change the title on a single page or post, you could add this to your functions.php file:</p>
<pre><code>function myTitleFilter( $title )
{
    if( is_singular() )
    {
        return "<strong>$title</strong>";
    }
    else
    {
        return $title;      
    }
}
add_filter( 'dmg_text_widget_title' , 'myTitleFilter');
</code></pre>
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<h3>Adding CSS Class(es)</h3>
<p>Enter strings, either space or comma separated, which will be applied as CSS classes to the widget wrapper. These classes are sanitized using the <code>sanitize_html_class()</code> function built in to WordPress.</p>
<h3>Make the Title a link</h3>
<p>Enter a valid URL to make the title a link.</p>
<h3>Automatically add paragraphs</h3>
<p>This setting automatically adds paragraph tags to any text. This uses the WordPress <code>wpautop()</code> function.</p>
<h3>Apply shortcodes</h3>
<p>This setting processes the text and applies any shortcodes found.</p>
<h3>Show the Title</h3>
<p>This setting controls the visibility of the widget title. If unchecked, the title (including the <code>before_title</code> and <code>after_title</code> code defined when registering the sidebar) will not be displayed.</p>


DMG Text Widget

A simple widget to add custom text/ HTML to your theme. Advanced options allow you to apply shortcodes, make the title a link and add CSS classes.

Gabfire

<p>The Gabfire Widget Pack is a feature-packed plugin that adds the most commonly used widgets to your site. Rather than having to download several plugins by various authors, this plugin bundles together the most popular widgets.</p>
<p>It is maintained by the folks over at http://www.gabfirethemes.com</p>
<p>Below are the steps required to install, activate, and configure the Gabfire Widget Pack.</p>
<h4>Widget: Video Slider</h4>
<p>Get most recent videos addedto your site and display it in a widget zone with a nicely formed slider</p>
<h4>Widget: Simple Banner</h4>
<p>A very easy way to add banners into widget zones.</p>
<h4>Widget: Archive Search</h4>
<p>Give your users the option to search to their heart’s content. This powerful widget provides 3 methods to search:</p>
<ul>
<li>By Archive Month</li>
<li>By Category</li>
<li>By Keyword using Google Search</li>
</ul>
<p>This is great widget for content-heavy sites.</p>
<h4>Widget: Search</h4>
<p>Your visitors need a search function to explore your site. Luckily, this widget gives you two functional styles to choose from that can be placed into any widget zone.</p>
<ul>
<li>Set your label</li>
<li>Set your style and background</li>
</ul>
<p>Search is not dead!</p>
<h4>Widget: Post Tabs</h4>
<p>A sleek Ajax tabs widget that offers a convenient way to showcase your content. You can choose from 3 types of tabs:</p>
<ul>
<li>Recent Posts</li>
<li>Recent Comments</li>
<li>Popular Posts (based on tags)</li>
</ul>
<p>In addition, the Post Tabs widget offers a light and dark color scheme, ability to show post meta details and avatars, and choose the number of posts to display.</p>
<h4>Widget: Author Badge</h4>
<p>Give credit where it’s due with this unique Author Badge that showcases the following details neatly: author’s bio, a link to their posts, as well as their social media pages.</p>
<ul>
<li>Author’s Bio</li>
<li>Author’s Gravatar (if any)</li>
<li>Author’s social media links</li>
<li>Link to Author’s Posts</li>
</ul>
<p>Author badge shows at single post and author pages only. This badge will not shown if Author bio is left empty. Go to User profile page to enter Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Author website URL details.</p>
<h4>Widget: Related Posts</h4>
<p>Enhance your site’s page views by adding related posts to your articles. This widget uses tags to identify related posts and provides you the option to display them with thumbnails, or as a list.</p>
<h4>Widget: Text+ Widget</h4>
<p>A slight twist on the original. This text widget gives you the ability to have an icon and button that links to any post or page of your choice.</p>
<p>For more details, visit <a href="http://www.gabfirethemes.com" title="Best WordPress Themes" rel="nofollow ugc">Gabfire Themes</a>.</p>


Gabfire Widget Pack

The Gabfire Widget Pack contains over a dozen useful widgets to extend your WordPress site. It is a free plugin that will work with ANY theme.

DMG Text Widget vs Gabfire Widget Pack