id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
20542,Extend register_widget to allow passing params as second argument,codearachnid,codearachnid,"I ran into an issue recently where I needed to make multiple calls of `register_widget('my_custom_class');` on the same class and have multiple unique widgets registered. 

The problem I ran into is that every time the same class is called it will overwrite the last instance of the same class during the widget constructor request `parent::__construct('unique_id', 'widget title');` This does not allow for reuse of the same class to instantiate multiple widgets. I found that if I were to extend the register method in WP_Widget_Factory to pass through arguments into the extended WP_Widget constructor that I can reuse the same class for multiple widget registations. I am working out the logic to implement this directly into /wp-includes/widgets.php for future functionality improvement.",enhancement,new,normal,Future Release,Widgets,3.4,normal,,needs-patch,kpayne@…