widget-text-highlighted.php

<?php

/*
 * Plugin Name: Text-Widget Highlighted
 * Description: Extends the WordPress default text widget by adding a CSS class "widget_text_highlighted" to the container aside HTML tag
 * Version: 0.1
 * Author: Bernhard Kau
 * Author URI: http://kau-boys.de
 */

// only delcare and regsiter the widget after the default widgets have been loaded
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'register_widgets_text_highlighted' );

function register_widgets_text_highlighted() {

	class WP_Widget_Text_Highlighted extends WP_Widget_Text {

		public function __construct() {
			$widget_ops = array( 'classname' => 'widget_text widget_text_highlighted', 'description' => __( 'Arbitrary text or HTML.' ) );
			$control_ops = array( 'width' => 400, 'height' => 350 );
			parent::WP_Widget( 'text_highlighted', __( 'Text highlighted', 'widget-text-highlighted' ), $widget_ops, $control_ops );
		}
		
	}

	register_widget( 'WP_Widget_Text_Highlighted' );
}