Title: is_wide_widget_in_customizer
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘is_wide_widget_in_customizer’, bool $is_wide, string $widget_id )

## In this article

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

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Filters whether the given widget is considered “wide”.

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

 `$is_wide`bool

Whether the widget is wide, Default false.

`$widget_id`string

Widget ID.

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

    ```php
    return apply_filters( 'is_wide_widget_in_customizer', $is_wide, $widget_id );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php#L616)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php#L616-L616)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Widgets::is_wide_widget()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_widgets/is_wide_widget/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php` |

Determines whether the widget is considered “wide”.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.9.0/) | Introduced. |

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