Add More Text Widgets to Wordpress without Plugin – File Included

Now this is all based on this WordPress Support post, but there are some additions and I placed the code here for your convenience: How can I have more text widgets in my template?

Basically (using WordPress 2.2.2) you can find the widgets.php file in the WP-INCLUDES/ directory. Open it and back it up just in case… Now here are the changes:

Under “function widget_text_setup…” you will find the #’9′ (2 times)
Change ’9′ to your new # of Text widgets you would like
Slightly under that, you will see “function widget_text_page…”
Change the # ’10′ in this section to your # + 1 (if you chose 15 is Step 2, change this number to 16)
Find “function widget_text_register…”
Change all ’9′ to your new #
Upload and your done

If you are too afraid, I edited (for WordPress 2.2.2) the widgets.php for 15 text widgets… Drop into your wp-includes and your done.

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