unregister_widget() WP 1.0

Unregisters a widget.

Unregisters a WP_Widget widget. Useful for un-registering default widgets. Run within a function hooked to the 'widgets_init' action.

No Hooks.

Return

Nothing (null).

Usage

unregister_widget( $widget );

$widget(string/WP_Widget) (required)

Either the name of a WP_Widget subclass or an instance of a WP_Widget subclass.

Code of unregister widget: wp-includes/widgets.php ^{WP 5.2.1}

<?php
function unregister_widget( $widget ) {
	global $wp_widget_factory;

	$wp_widget_factory->unregister( $widget );
}

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From tag: Sidebar (widgets)