Text File Widget

This simple plugin allows you to display the contents of a text file as a widget, in any widgetized area provided by your theme (eg Sidebar)

There are no configuration options for this plugin – all configuration (such as there is) is done by the widget settings.

Only text is displayed – HTML is stripped out.

End-of-line characters are displayed as HTML \”Breaks\”

There are three possibilities:

*Use the standard WordPress Plugins > “Add New” procedure (Recommended)
or

*Download the plugin file from WordPress.org and the Upload the Zip file

Add Plugin > Upload

or

*Download the plugin file from WordPress.org, then manually upload the unzipped folder (text-file-widget) into wp-content/plugins

Then

*Activate the plugin

Now there will be a \”text file widget\” in the Appearance>Widgets section. Drag this to a widget location, and tell it which file you want to display and what title to give it (or none)

You can have multiple instances displaying different files.

Why is HTML stripped out?

This plugin is only intended to display text. Hence the name.

1. 

   These are the widget options

2. 

   This is the widget in action

2.0 – Added WordPress 4.3 Compatibility

1.2 – Corrected readme.txt

1.0 – Initial working version