Title: Create custom widget problem
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Create custom widget problem

 *  [waveduke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/waveduke/)
 * (@waveduke)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-custom-widget-problem/)
 * I’m trying to create a custom widget as described here:
 * [https://siteorigin.com/docs/widgets-bundle/getting-started/creating-a-widget/](https://siteorigin.com/docs/widgets-bundle/getting-started/creating-a-widget/)
 * Unfortunately the widget never gets listed in the sidebar.
 * I copied the example folder into the plugin directory – nothing happens. No error
   message – nada…
 * Am I missing a setting somewhere?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/so-widgets-bundle/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/so-widgets-bundle/)

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 *  Thread Starter [waveduke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/waveduke/)
 * (@waveduke)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-custom-widget-problem/#post-7071694)
 * OK – it seems this function is not working properly for me:
 *     ```
       function add_my_awesome_widgets_collection($folders){
           $folders[] = plugin_dir_path(__FILE__).'extra-widgets/';
           return $folders;
       }
       ```
   
 * Only way to register the folder for me was to edit the SiteOrigin_Widgets_Bundle
   Class. Add my folder to the get_widget_folders() function.
 *  [Luqman Rom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luqman-rom/)
 * (@luqman-rom)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-custom-widget-problem/#post-7071999)
 * Can you register your widget _siteorigin\_widget\_register_ function?

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 * Last reply from: [Luqman Rom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luqman-rom/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/create-custom-widget-problem/#post-7071999)
 * Status: not resolved