We have added several custom widgets to Ideas for the maximum amount of flexibility. Ideas also works with all the WordPress pre-packaged widgets. More info on WordPress Widgets can be found on the WordPress codex.

Please visit the Demo site to see all these widgets in action.

To get to WordPress settings, go to the left sidebar Appearance > Widgets.

Widgetized Areas

• Main Sidebar (home)
• Header Sidebar (right of the search bar)
• Single Idea Sidebar (individual ideas pages)
• Search Idea Sidebar (search ideas pages)
• Pages Sidebar (single pages)
• Blog Sidebar (blog)
• Footer (3 columns)

Custom Widgets

• Ideas/Responses Stats
  • Displays current statistics for the total submitted ideas and total responses
  • Can be added anywhere in the sidebars

• Submit Idea Button
  • Adds a big shiny button to the sidebar that users can click to add a new idea to your site
  • The button text can be changed
  • Can be added anywhere in the sidebars

• Ideas Categories
  • Displays a fancy list of ideas categories
  • The title text can be changed
  • Can display total ideas for each category
  • Can be added anywhere in the sidebars

• Recent Ideas
  • Displays the most recent ideas
  • The title text can be changed
  • The number of displayed ideas can be changed
  • Can be added anywhere in the sidebars

• Popular Ideas
  • Displays the most popular ideas
  • The title text can be changed
  • The number of displayed ideas can be changed
  • Can be added anywhere in the sidebars

• Recent Comments
  • Displays the most recent comments on ideas
  • The title text can be changed
  • Can be added anywhere in the sidebars

• Quick Info
  • Displays context info for the idea being displayed:
    • Idea Added (date added)
    • Last updated (last edit date)
    • Responses (total responses)
    • Status (current status)
  • The title text can be changed
  • Can only be added to the ‘Single Idea Sidebar’

• Voters
  • Displays a list of voters for the idea being displayed
  • The title text can be changed
  • The number of displayed voters can be changed
  • Can only be added to the ‘Single Idea Sidebar’