A widget for adding your name in a sidebar.

name-widget-plugin.php

<?php
/*
	Plugin Name: Name Widget
	Description: A widget for adding your name in a sidebar.
	Plugin URI: https://gist.github.com/JLeuze/475bdd6bd6095b7bdf7c
	Author: Josh Leuze
	Author URI: http://www.jleuze.com/
	License: GPL2
	Version: 1.0
*/

/**
 * Adds Name widget.
 */
class JL_Name_Widget extends WP_Widget {

    /**
     * Register widget with WordPress.
     */
    function __construct() {
        parent::__construct(
            'name', // Base ID
            __('Name Widget', 'jl_name_widget'), // Name
            array( 'description' => __( 'A widget for adding your name.', 'jl_name_widget' ), ) // Args
        );
    }

    /**
     * Front-end display of widget.
     *
     * @see WP_Widget::widget()
     *
     * @param array $args     Widget arguments.
     * @param array $instance Saved values from database.
     */
    public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
        $jl_name = apply_filters( 'widget_title', $instance['jl_name'] );

        echo $args['before_widget'];
            echo $args['before_title'] . '<span>Hello</span> my name is...' . $args['after_title'];
            if ( ! empty( $jl_name ) ) {
                echo '<p>' . $jl_name . '</p>';
            }
        echo $args['after_widget'];
    }

    /**
     * Back-end widget form.
     *
     * @see WP_Widget::form()
     *
     * @param array $instance Previously saved values from database.
     */
    public function form( $instance ) {
        if ( isset( $instance[ 'jl_name' ] ) ) {
            $jl_name = $instance[ 'jl_name' ];
        }
        else {
            $jl_name = __( 'Inigo Montoya', 'jl_name_widget' );
        }
        ?>
        <p>
        <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'jl_name' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Name:' ); ?></label> 
        <input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'jl_name' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'jl_name' ); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $jl_name ); ?>">
        </p>
        <?php
    }

    /**
     * Sanitize widget form values as they are saved.
     *
     * @see WP_Widget::update()
     *
     * @param array $new_instance Values just sent to be saved.
     * @param array $old_instance Previously saved values from database.
     *
     * @return array Updated safe values to be saved.
     */
    public function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
        $instance = array();
        $instance['jl_name'] = ( ! empty( $new_instance['jl_name'] ) ) ? strip_tags( $new_instance['jl_name'] ) : '';

        return $instance;
    }

} // class JL_Name_Widget

// register Name widget
function jl_register_name_widget() {
    register_widget( 'JL_Name_Widget' );
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'jl_register_name_widget' );

/**
 * Adds CSS to style widget
 */
function jl_name_widget_css() {
    ?><style>
    .widget_name {
        background-color: #327ed4;
        border-radius: 30px;
        box-shadow: 0px 1px 5px 0px #666;
        padding: 0 0 30px 0;
        text-align: center;
    }
    .widget-area .widget_name .widget-title,
    .widget_name .widget-title {
        color: #fff;
        font-family: sans-serif;
        font-size: 18px; 
        font-weight: normal;
        line-height: 20px;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 15px;
        text-transform: none;
    }
    .widget_name .widget-title span {
        display: block;
        font-size: 36px;
        font-weight: bold;
        line-height: 36px;
        text-transform: uppercase;
    }
    .widget-area .widget_name p,
    .widget_name p {
        background-color: #fff;
        font-family: 'Comic Sans', 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;
        font-size: 26px;
        line-height: 32px;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 40px 10px;
    }
    </style><?php
}
add_action( 'wp_head', 'jl_name_widget_css' );