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Opened 9 years ago

Closed 9 years ago

#41686 closed defect (bug) (duplicate)

Store Widgets in the Posts table

Reported by: spacedmonkey Owned by:
Priority: normal Milestone:
Component: Widgets Version:
Severity: normal Keywords: needs-patch needs-unit-tests
Cc: Focuses: performance

Description

Currently widgets are stored in the options table. They can be accessed using WP_Widget. But storing it options has a number of drawbacks, most of which is performance. Migrating the data to the posts table as a new post type has a number of benefits.

  • Revisions for widgets
  • Author
  • Date created / edited
  • Trashing widgets
  • Interact with widgets using the posts endpoint
  • Easier migration of data using the wordpress exporter
  • Post meta for widgets for better extending.

Change History (1)

#1 @ocean90
9 years ago

  • Milestone Awaiting Review
  • Resolution → duplicate
  • Status new → closed

Duplicate of #35669.

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