February 12, 2011 
Definition:
function the_widget($widget, $instance = array() {}
Output an arbitrary widget as a template tag
Parameters
- string $widget: the widget’s PHP class name (see default-widgets.php)
- array $instance: the widget’s instance settings
- array $args: the widget’s sidebar args
Defined actions
- the_widget
do_action( 'the_widget', $widget, $instance, $args );
Source code
function the_widget($widget, $instance = array(), $args = array()) {
global $wp_widget_factory;
$widget_obj = $wp_widget_factory->widgets[$widget];
if ( !is_a($widget_obj, 'WP_Widget') )
return;
$before_widget = sprintf('<div class="widget %s">', $widget_obj->widget_options['classname'] );
$default_args = array( 'before_widget' => $before_widget, 'after_widget' => "</div>", 'before_title' => '<h2 class="widgettitle">', 'after_title' => '</h2>' );
$args = wp_parse_args($args, $default_args);
$instance = wp_parse_args($instance);
do_action( 'the_widget', $widget, $instance, $args );
$widget_obj->_set(-1);
$widget_obj->widget($args, $instance);
}
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