Title: [Plugin: WP Plugin Info] Does it work in sidebar?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: WP Plugin Info] Does it work in sidebar?

 *  Resolved [Nick Forest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickshor/)
 * (@nickshor)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-plugin-info-does-it-work-in-sidebar/)
 * I’m trying to use this code in the sidebar but it only returns the “-“
    `Version:
   <?php wp_plugin_info( 'facebook', 'version' ); ?>`
 * facebook = plugin_id for [Facebook](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/facebook/)
   plugin
 * Please give me an example to understand how to set the “plugin_id” correctly.
   
   Thank you!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-plugin-info/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-plugin-info/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Luigi Cavalieri](https://wordpress.org/support/users/_luigi/)
 * (@_luigi)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-plugin-info-does-it-work-in-sidebar/#post-2988598)
 * Hi,
 * there was an error in the documentation: the first argument is the identifier
   of the info you want to retrieve (`$info_id`).
 * Your code should look like this:
    `Version: <?php wp_plugin_info( 'version', 
   array('plugin_id' => 'facebook') ); ?>`
 * If you set the constant `WPPI_PLUGIN_ID` to ‘facebook’, you can omit the second
   argument.
 *  Thread Starter [Nick Forest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickshor/)
 * (@nickshor)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-plugin-info-does-it-work-in-sidebar/#post-2988609)
 * It works, thank you!

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 * [sidebar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sidebar/)

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Nick Forest](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickshor/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-wp-plugin-info-does-it-work-in-sidebar/#post-2988609)
 * Status: resolved