Title: Widget Installation Problem
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Widget Installation Problem

 *  Resolved [OtnaK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otnak/)
 * (@otnak)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-installation-problem/)
 * Sorry if this is a really stupid question but I cant get it figured out.
 * I have followed the following tutorial,
    [http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/05/26/the-complete-guide-to-creating-widgets-in-wordpress-28](http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/05/26/the-complete-guide-to-creating-widgets-in-wordpress-28)
   on creating a custom widget, and I have downloaded the example from the site 
   so I’m assuming that there isnt a problem with the code.
 * The problem I am having is with actually installing the new widget. I have pasted
   the widget file in a few different folders to see if WordPress will auto detect
   it and display it in the admin widget panel, but this hasn’t worked.
    Is there
   a place within WordPress that I have to include the new widget or should the 
   register command in the widget file do that for me?
 * Thanks for any help.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-installation-problem/#post-1544437)
 * Try adding it to your functions.php file.
 *  Thread Starter [OtnaK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otnak/)
 * (@otnak)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-installation-problem/#post-1544543)
 * No luck. I’m not sure but I think the problem is with registering the widget,
   is there anyway to maybe check for this?
 *  Thread Starter [OtnaK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otnak/)
 * (@otnak)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-installation-problem/#post-1544578)
 * Not quite sure what happened but its working now.

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## Tags

 * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/)
 * [widget](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widget/)
 * [widget panel](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/widget-panel/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [OtnaK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otnak/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/widget-installation-problem/#post-1544578)
 * Status: resolved

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