widget_text_content │ filter-hook │ WP 4.8.0

Filters the content of the Text widget to apply changes expected from the visual (TinyMCE) editor.

By default a subset of the_content filters are applied, including wpautop and wptexturize.

Usage

add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'wp_kama_widget_text_content_filter', 10, 3 );

/**
 * Function for `widget_text_content` filter-hook.
 * 
 * @param string         $text     The widget content.
 * @param array          $instance Array of settings for the current widget.
 * @param WP_Widget_Text $widget   Current Text widget instance.
 *
 * @return string
 */
function wp_kama_widget_text_content_filter( $text, $instance, $widget ){

	// filter...
	return $text;
}

$text(string)

The widget content.

$instance(array)

Array of settings for the current widget.

$widget(WP_Widget_Text)

Current Text widget instance.

Changelog

Where the hook is called

$text = apply_filters( 'widget_text_content', $text, $instance, $this );

Where the hook is used in WordPress

add_filter( 'widget_text_content', array( $this, 'run_shortcode' ), 8 );

add_filter( 'widget_text_content', array( $this, 'autoembed' ), 8 );

add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'capital_P_dangit', 11 );

add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'wptexturize' );

add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'convert_smilies', 20 );

add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'wpautop' );

add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'shortcode_unautop' );

add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'wp_filter_content_tags' );

add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'wp_replace_insecure_home_url' );

add_filter( 'widget_text_content', 'do_shortcode', 11 ); // Runs after wpautop(); note that $post global will be null when shortcodes run.