diff --git src/wp-admin/js/widgets/text-widgets.js src/wp-admin/js/widgets/text-widgets.js
index 692a0642c9..bb19f2ffb2 100644
--- src/wp-admin/js/widgets/text-widgets.js
+++ src/wp-admin/js/widgets/text-widgets.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ wp.textWidgets = ( function( $ ) {
 	'use strict';
 
 	var component = {
-		dismissedPointers: []
+		dismissedPointers: [],
+		idBases: [ 'text' ]
 	};
 
 	/**
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ wp.textWidgets = ( function( $ ) {
 		widgetForm = widgetContainer.find( '> .widget-inside > .form, > .widget-inside > form' ); // Note: '.form' appears in the customizer, whereas 'form' on the widgets admin screen.
 
 		idBase = widgetForm.find( '> .id_base' ).val();
-		if ( 'text' !== idBase ) {
+		if ( -1 === component.idBases.indexOf( idBase ) ) {
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -424,7 +425,7 @@ wp.textWidgets = ( function( $ ) {
 		}
 
 		idBase = widgetForm.find( '> .widget-control-actions > .id_base' ).val();
-		if ( 'text' !== idBase ) {
+		if ( -1 === component.idBases.indexOf( idBase ) ) {
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -461,7 +462,7 @@ wp.textWidgets = ( function( $ ) {
 		widgetForm = widgetContainer.find( '> .widget-inside > .form, > .widget-inside > form' );
 
 		idBase = widgetForm.find( '> .id_base' ).val();
-		if ( 'text' !== idBase ) {
+		if ( -1 === component.idBases.indexOf( idBase ) ) {
 			return;
 		}
 
diff --git src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-text.php src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-text.php
index c28ed1f317..4062f1c503 100644
--- src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-text.php
+++ src/wp-includes/widgets/class-wp-widget-text.php
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ class WP_Widget_Text extends WP_Widget {
 		}
 		$this->registered = true;
 
+		wp_add_inline_script( 'text-widgets', sprintf( 'wp.textWidgets.idBases.push( %s );', wp_json_encode( $this->id_base ) ) );
+
 		// Note that the widgets component in the customizer will also do the 'admin_print_scripts-widgets.php' action in WP_Customize_Widgets::print_scripts().
 		add_action( 'admin_print_scripts-widgets.php', array( $this, 'enqueue_admin_scripts' ) );
 
diff --git tests/phpunit/tests/widgets/text-widget.php tests/phpunit/tests/widgets/text-widget.php
index 41aadb6af7..cadd47fd37 100644
--- tests/phpunit/tests/widgets/text-widget.php
+++ tests/phpunit/tests/widgets/text-widget.php
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class Test_WP_Widget_Text extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 
 		$this->assertEquals( 10, has_action( 'admin_print_scripts-widgets.php', array( $widget, 'enqueue_admin_scripts' ) ) );
 		$this->assertEquals( 10, has_action( 'admin_footer-widgets.php', array( $widget, 'render_control_template_scripts' ) ) );
+		$this->assertContains( 'wp.textWidgets.idBases.push( "text" );', wp_scripts()->registered['text-widgets']->extra['after'] );
 	}
 
 	/**