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widget_types_to_hide_from_legacy_widget_block

apply_filters( ‘widget_types_to_hide_from_legacy_widget_block’, string[] $widgets )

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Filters the list of widget-type IDs that should **not** be offered by the Legacy Widget block.

Description

Returning an empty array will make all widgets available.

Parameters

$widgetsstring[]
An array of excluded widget-type IDs.

Source

$editor_settings['widgetTypesToHideFromLegacyWidgetBlock'] = apply_filters(
	'widget_types_to_hide_from_legacy_widget_block',
	array(
		'pages',
		'calendar',
		'archives',
		'media_audio',
		'media_image',
		'media_gallery',
		'media_video',
		'search',
		'text',
		'categories',
		'recent-posts',
		'recent-comments',
		'rss',
		'tag_cloud',
		'custom_html',
		'block',
	)
);

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Used byDescription
get_legacy_widget_block_editor_settings()wp-includes/block-editor.php

Returns the block editor settings needed to use the Legacy Widget block which is not registered by default.

Changelog

VersionDescription
5.8.0Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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    Ian Sackofwits
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    In version 5.8, the following widgets are hidden from the Legacy Widget block:

    array(
			'pages',
			'calendar',
			'archives',
			'media_audio',
			'media_image',
			'media_gallery',
			'media_video',
			'search',
			'text',
			'categories',
			'recent-posts',
			'recent-comments',
			'rss',
			'tag_cloud',
			'custom_html',
			'block',
		)

    To make all of them visible, the following code can be used:

    add_filter( 'widget_types_to_hide_from_legacy_widget_block','__return_empty_array' );

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