Legacy widgets in TT3

  • I recently redesigned my site from a modified twenty-ten theme to twenty-twenty-three (a little overdue, I’d say). The problem is that my site uses several plugins that have very useful widgets but have not yet created custom block types or shortcodes for them. Yes, I have also contacted the plugin authors about this. What is the best practice for continue to use these widgets in my TT3 site until the plugins are (hopefully) updated to include custom blocks?

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  • The problem is that my site uses several plugins that have very useful widgets but have not yet created custom block types or shortcodes for them.

    Hi @tfooq I’m afraid there is not much to be done on the theme side of things, the developers of the plugins you are using are in a better position to advise how best to proceed because they are familiar with the plugin(s) code.

    May I ask which widgets you are wanting to add, there might be another way to do this on the block theme

    Thread Starter tfooq

    (@tfooq)

    One simple example is Theme My Login. They have a login/logout widget that not only displays the login/logout link but also includes the text “Welcome, [user] | Logout” for users who are logged in. Clicking your user name takes you to their themed profile editing page. It’s a nice feature. I contacted them about this, and they told me widgets still work as legacy widgets. I replied that this isn’t true with block themes that only use the site editor like TT3, so hopefully they look into it.

    Another one is, unfortunately, an abandoned plugin. I know I need to replace it with one that is still maintained, but it’s my events calendar and will require a lot of work to transition. It has a widget for showing the next handful of events on the sidebar, and the only hack I have been able to get working causes a bug the breaks a different calendar feature. I’d love to have a temporary bridge until I have the time to take on the calendar transition project. I assume there will be a lot of potential TT3 (and block theme) upgraders in a similar situation.

    Hi @tfooq thank you for providing more information, I am afraid for both options the developers of those plugins are the best to provide assistance.

    Even though there isn’t a way to replace the login function you mentioned. I wanted to add that there is a Login/out block in the block editor. It’s not the same as you described but you can use that in the meantime?

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