Network Sidebar Widgets

In the multisite context, creating widgets that are used throughout all of the sites in a network can be difficult and painstaking (at best).
This plugin gives network administrators the ability to create “fallback widgets” that will be used as the default unless over-ridden by individual sites.

How the plugin works

• When a widget is created on the “main site” (e.g. site ID 1) the output is cached.
• When a sites other than the “main site” (e.g. site ID != 1) call a sidebar that doesn’t have any active widgets, the cached output from the main site will be used.
• The plugin may not (read as “probably won’t”) work with highly dynamic widgets
• This is the initial release, so please try it out before you use it in a live site.

1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/network-sidebar-fallback directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
3. Use the Appearance > Widgets section to create widgets for the primary site (site ID 1)

=Will this work with fill-in-your-theme-name-here?=

I have no idea, I haven’t tested it.

=Will this work with fill-in-your-plugin-name-here?=

I have no idea, I haven’t tested it.

=Will you add features to this plugin?=

Possibly, I will always consider suggestions 🙂

0.1

• Initial realease to WordPress plugin repository.