Title: WP_Customize_Widgets::is_widget_rendered
Published: September 4, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# WP_Customize_Widgets::is_widget_rendered( string $widget_id ): bool

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_widgets/is_widget_rendered/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_widgets/is_widget_rendered/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_widgets/is_widget_rendered/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_widgets/is_widget_rendered/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Determine if a widget is rendered on the page.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_widgets/is_widget_rendered/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$widget_id`stringrequired

Widget ID to check.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_widgets/is_widget_rendered/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 bool Whether the widget is rendered.

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

    ```php
    public function is_widget_rendered( $widget_id ) {
    	return ! empty( $this->rendered_widgets[ $widget_id ] );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php/)
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[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php#L1361-L1363)

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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