Use this plugin in a widget?

Hi Sam,

Thanks for the kind words.

I hadn’t made this into a widget as, given that WordPress comes with a search widget, I didn’t see much call for it.

On the other hand, I went and made it anyway. Add the code found in this link, Widget Extension, to a file in your plugins folder and add the header

/*
Plugin Name: My Search Widget Plugin
*/

to that (you may name the file whateveryoulike.php).

Enabling this plugin should give you what you’re after.

Cheers,
Joe

P.S. References:

• WP_Widget_Search definition
• Widget API
• A function in my plugin’s code

These should give you an idea of how I went about making it and they should be good reference for debugging if you have any issues.

Thanks, I’ll try it and report back to you!

Oh, where exactly do I add the header?

Hi Joe,

I made the php file and uploaded it into my plugins folder.
It showed up in the Plugins:
https://prntscr.com/9w59o0

However, I try to activate it and it gives me this error code:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘defined’ (T_STRING) in \\WDP\DFS\41\4\6\5\4184939564\user\sites\1987996.site\www\dev1\wp-content\plugins\bopnavsearchwidget.php on line 9

Did I do something wrong? It’s just in the main directory of the plugins:
https://prntscr.com/9w5aaw

Hi Sam,

I can’t say what the issue is as I can’t see the code. It seems you must have another line of code or so between the plugin data comments and the code in the link as it is saying “defined” – the very first bit of the script – is coming through as an unexpected string. You may have missed a semi-colon or closing speech mark at the end of line 6?

Cheers,
Joe

Hi Joe,

I didn’t add anything to the code you gave me other than the header.
https://www.codesend.com/view/061adc5ea4ac603d9f4b7a8f92ab434b/

I need to have the Bop Nav Search for Menu enabled already, right?

Hi Sam,

Does it look like this?

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: My Search Widget Plugin
*/

//Reject if accessed directly
defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || die( 'Our survey says: ... X.' );
.
.
.

I’ve got it working on my local machine (it doesn’t look good in the 2016 theme), so it’s difficult to know exactly what’s going wrong with yours. A screenshot of what you’ve got up to line 9 might help. Other than that, I haven’t really got any ideas.

Cheers,
Joe

Oh, looks like I put the header up above the <?php code instead of below it. That may be the issue…

I’m setting this thread as resolved. If this is not the case, please feel free to get back in touch.