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

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# WP_Widget_RSS::form( array $instance )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_rss/form/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_rss/form/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_rss/form/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_widget_rss/form/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Outputs the settings form for the RSS widget.

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

 `$instance`arrayrequired

Current settings.

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

    ```php
    public function form( $instance ) {
    	if ( empty( $instance ) ) {
    		$instance = array(
    			'title'        => '',
    			'url'          => '',
    			'items'        => 10,
    			'error'        => false,
    			'show_summary' => 0,
    			'show_author'  => 0,
    			'show_date'    => 0,
    		);
    	}
    	$instance['number'] = $this->number;

    	wp_widget_rss_form( $instance );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-rss.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-rss.php#L169)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-rss.php#L169-L184)

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

| Uses | Description | 
| [wp_widget_rss_form()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_widget_rss_form/)`wp-includes/widgets.php` |

Displays RSS widget options form.

  |

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

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

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