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Remove Unnecessary Sidebar Widgets
<?php
// Remove unnecessary sidebar widgets that will never be used in the theme.
// Reference: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/unregister_widget
function hc_widgets_init() {
unregister_widget( 'WP_Widget_Pages' );
unregister_widget( 'WP_Widget_Calendar' );
unregister_widget( 'WP_Widget_Archives' );
unregister_widget( 'WP_Widget_Links' );
unregister_widget( 'WP_Widget_Meta' );
unregister_widget( 'WP_Widget_Search' );
unregister_widget( 'WP_Widget_Categories' );
unregister_widget( 'WP_Widget_Recent_Posts' );
unregister_widget( 'WP_Widget_Recent_Comments' );
unregister_widget( 'WP_Widget_RSS' );
unregister_widget( 'WP_Widget_Tag_Cloud' );
unregister_widget( 'WP_Nav_Menu_Widget' );
}
add_action('widgets_init', 'hc_widgets_init');
?>
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