Title: WP_Widget_Meta
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# class WP_Widget_Meta {}

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Widget_Meta/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Widget_Meta/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Methods](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Widget_Meta/?output_format=md#methods)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Widget_Meta/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Widget_Meta/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Widget_Meta/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Core class used to implement a Meta widget.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Widget_Meta/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Displays log in/out, RSS feed links, etc.

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Widget_Meta/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [WP_Widget](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget/)

## 󠀁[Methods](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Widget_Meta/?output_format=md#methods)󠁿

| Name | Description | 
| [WP_Widget_Meta::__construct](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_meta/__construct/) | Sets up a new Meta widget instance. | 
| [WP_Widget_Meta::form](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_meta/form/) | Outputs the settings form for the Meta widget. | 
| [WP_Widget_Meta::update](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_meta/update/) | Handles updating settings for the current Meta widget instance. | 
| [WP_Widget_Meta::widget](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_meta/widget/) | Outputs the content for the current Meta widget instance. |

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Widget_Meta/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    class WP_Widget_Meta extends WP_Widget {

    	/**
    	 * Sets up a new Meta widget instance.
    	 *
    	 * @since 2.8.0
    	 */
    	public function __construct() {
    		$widget_ops = array(
    			'classname'                   => 'widget_meta',
    			'description'                 => __( 'Login, RSS, & WordPress.org links.' ),
    			'customize_selective_refresh' => true,
    			'show_instance_in_rest'       => true,
    		);
    		parent::__construct( 'meta', __( 'Meta' ), $widget_ops );
    	}

    	/**
    	 * Outputs the content for the current Meta widget instance.
    	 *
    	 * @since 2.8.0
    	 *
    	 * @param array $args     Display arguments including 'before_title', 'after_title',
    	 *                        'before_widget', and 'after_widget'.
    	 * @param array $instance Settings for the current Meta widget instance.
    	 */
    	public function widget( $args, $instance ) {
    		$default_title = __( 'Meta' );
    		$title         = ! empty( $instance['title'] ) ? $instance['title'] : $default_title;

    		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-pages.php */
    		$title = apply_filters( 'widget_title', $title, $instance, $this->id_base );

    		echo $args['before_widget'];

    		if ( $title ) {
    			echo $args['before_title'] . $title . $args['after_title'];
    		}

    		$format = current_theme_supports( 'html5', 'navigation-widgets' ) ? 'html5' : 'xhtml';

    		/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-nav-menu-widget.php */
    		$format = apply_filters( 'navigation_widgets_format', $format );

    		if ( 'html5' === $format ) {
    			// The title may be filtered: Strip out HTML and make sure the aria-label is never empty.
    			$title      = trim( strip_tags( $title ) );
    			$aria_label = $title ? $title : $default_title;
    			echo '<nav aria-label="' . esc_attr( $aria_label ) . '">';
    		}
    		?>

    		<ul>
    			<?php wp_register(); ?>
    			<li><?php wp_loginout(); ?></li>
    			<li><a href="<?php echo esc_url( get_bloginfo( 'rss2_url' ) ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Entries feed' ); ?></a></li>
    			<li><a href="<?php echo esc_url( get_bloginfo( 'comments_rss2_url' ) ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Comments feed' ); ?></a></li>

    			<?php
    			/**
    			 * Filters the "WordPress.org" list item HTML in the Meta widget.
    			 *
    			 * @since 3.6.0
    			 * @since 4.9.0 Added the `$instance` parameter.
    			 *
    			 * @param string $html     Default HTML for the WordPress.org list item.
    			 * @param array  $instance Array of settings for the current widget.
    			 */
    			echo apply_filters(
    				'widget_meta_poweredby',
    				sprintf(
    					'<li><a href="%1$s">%2$s</a></li>',
    					esc_url( __( 'https://wordpress.org/' ) ),
    					__( 'WordPress.org' )
    				),
    				$instance
    			);

    			wp_meta();
    			?>

    		</ul>

    		<?php
    		if ( 'html5' === $format ) {
    			echo '</nav>';
    		}

    		echo $args['after_widget'];
    	}

    	/**
    	 * Handles updating settings for the current Meta widget instance.
    	 *
    	 * @since 2.8.0
    	 *
    	 * @param array $new_instance New settings for this instance as input by the user via
    	 *                            WP_Widget::form().
    	 * @param array $old_instance Old settings for this instance.
    	 * @return array Updated settings to save.
    	 */
    	public function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
    		$instance          = $old_instance;
    		$instance['title'] = sanitize_text_field( $new_instance['title'] );

    		return $instance;
    	}

    	/**
    	 * Outputs the settings form for the Meta widget.
    	 *
    	 * @since 2.8.0
    	 *
    	 * @param array $instance Current settings.
    	 */
    	public function form( $instance ) {
    		$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, array( 'title' => '' ) );
    		?>
    		<p>
    			<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Title:' ); ?></label>
    			<input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'title' ); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo esc_attr( $instance['title'] ); ?>" />
    		</p>
    		<?php
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-meta.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-meta.php#L19)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-meta.php#L19-L143)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Widget_Meta/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_Widget](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget/)`wp-includes/class-wp-widget.php` |

Core base class extended to register widgets.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/WP_Widget_Meta/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [2.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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