Title: Custom use
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Custom use

 *  [spc0000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spc0000/)
 * (@spc0000)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-use/)
 * I’m wondering if I can use your plugin to accomplish something that I want to
   do, so I’ll explain what it is I want to do, and I’m hoping you can reply back
   and let me know if this is possible. Here goes:
 * I’ve added a text widget in my sidebar that will advise my visitors as to my 
   current Radio Status (I’m a radio deejay). I’ve created several GIF images that
   I want to display one-at-a-time depending on what my current status is. For example:
   one image says “I’m deejaying right now”, while another says “I will be deejaying
   this Friday at 4pm”.
 * I’m trying to figure out an easier way to change what image appears without simply
   going into my WP control panel and editing the img src in my text sidebar widget.
   Would it be possible to use your PHP call function in this manner?
 * `<img src="http:/my-website/directory-where-images-are-stored/<?php get_twitter_msg();?
   >.gif">`
 * I hope I haven’t confused you too much. What I’m wanting to do here is really
   quite simple. Each time I wanted to change the image displayed, I would just 
   go to the Twitter website and post a tweet that is equivalent to the file name
   of the image.

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 *  [Brian Layman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianlayman/)
 * (@brianlayman)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-use/#post-576806)
 * lol – that seems a long way about it. You could certainly write your own plugin
   that could do it all… It wouldn’t be that bad. Just use set_option and get_option
   to store your online status in the blog and make a quick config page that you
   can book mark that allows you to change the status. Just look at ANY plugin that
   has a configuration page. Akismet would do it for you, just strip out all the
   rest of it and have your widget for the image display get_option(‘djstatus’).
   gif. easy peasy
 * Doing it in twitter looks like it would work but if anyone has access to modify
   your twitter, they then will have access to hack your blog.

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 * Last reply from: [Brian Layman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianlayman/)
 * Last activity: [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-use/#post-576806)
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