Inline Widgets Plugin For WordPress

The Inline Widgets plugin for WordPress lets you embed any widget into the content of a post or page in addition to the usual locations available in Wordpress such as a sidebar, header or footer area.

Inline widgets setup

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Select inline-widgets

Select inline-widgets

From the Appearance>Widgets menu use the drop-down menu to reveal the locations where widgets can be used.  Select Inline Widgets then click Show to show the widgets already loaded in that area.

Add Widget

Add Widget

Add the widget you wish to use. The Contact Form widget is useful for quickly adding a contact email form to any page. In this case a text widget is used that includes a Resource Box for an author.

Edit the widget title

Edit the widget title

Edit the widget title when adding the widget contents so that it is easily recognisable when you wish to use it.

Select the widget

Select the widget

When adding your content place the cursor at the location that you wish the widget to appear and then select the required widget.  The title you gave the widget will be visible at this stage to identify the correct one.

Widget appearance

Widget appearance

The widget will appear as a grey box in your content while editing.

Resource box example

Resource box example

But will appear correctly on the published content.

You'll find a more in depth description in inline widgets in this site's resources section.

Inline widgets is a very powerful feature and is exclusive to Semiologic Pro.