wpsnoop: fix Widget Wrangler plugin conflicts, errors & issues

When the plugin Widget Wrangler conflicts or throws a PHP error we hope wpsnoop can help you to fix the issue quickly.

Discover which shortcodes wp-options PHP functions database tables and files are created by Widget Wrangler, plus learn which plugins and/or themes could be in conflict with Widget Wrangler.

Troubleshooting theme and plugin conflicts is easier when you know what Widget Wrangler leaves behind after uninstalling it from a WordPress installation, there is a list down below for your convenience.

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What does Widget Wrangler version 2.3.9 add to WordPress? Answers Here.

This is an automatically generated report - it is possible for Widget Wrangler to perform differently in your installation, previous versions before 2.3.9 may have created a different set of shortcodes, used different function names or could have created entirely different database tables to store settings and operate. This is not an exhaustive list but shows how version 2.3.9 of Widget Wrangler behaves when installed and removed on a clean installation of WordPress.

We have not tested individual shortcodes, features or settings of this plugin but instead have concentrated on the potential for obvious errors and conflicts which can occur, if you need help with the plugin in your local installation you can get WordPress help and support for Widget Wrangler by clicking here.

Our testing covered the free version of this plugin there may or may not be a paid version or premium version available for purchase that unlocks additional features and could behave in a slightly or very different manner.

Summary of WordPress plugin analysis: Widget Wrangler

Plugin Slug: widget-wrangler Internal ID: 79847 Addon Type: Plugin Version: 2.3.9 Price: Free Source: WordPress.org Files: 54 (335.52kB) Short Codes: [ / ] 2 Database Tables: 1 Function Count: 9 Code Review: Search Provit

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Which new files does Widget Wrangler add to WordPress?

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The plugin Widget Wrangler added 54 new files when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

Type & Path	Size	Conflicts
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/	335.52kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/	215.07kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/Admin.php	10.35kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/AdminMessages.php	1.46kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/AdminPage.php	5.97kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/AdminPageClones.php	5.64kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/AdminPageCorrals.php	9.05kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/AdminPageDocumentation.php	20.64kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/AdminPagePresets.php	11.00kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/AdminPageSettings.php	12.01kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/AdminPageSidebars.php	5.43kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/css/	7.12kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/css/admin.css	7.12kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/Form.php	19.59kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/images/	55.08kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/images/docs/	45.69kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/images/docs/corral-widgets-in-sidebar.png	45.69kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/images/drag_handle.png	1.34kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/images/empty-bg.png	1.06kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/images/gray-grad.png	213.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/images/lasso-menu.png	3.01kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/images/lasso-small-black.png	2.96kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/images/wrangler_icon.png	824.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/js/	9.46kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/js/admin.js	1.36kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/js/shortcode-tinymce.js	900.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/js/sortable-widgets.js	6.46kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/js/widget-posttype.js	784.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/SortableWidgetsUi.php	9.21kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/TaxonomyTermUi.php	2.34kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/TaxonomyUi.php	3.94kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/admin/WidgetPostType.php	26.77kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/common/	44.53kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/common/Context.php	4.37kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/common/Corrals.php	1.79kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/common/display.php	16.41kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/common/Extras.php	3.83kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/common/presets.php	3.66kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/common/Settings.php	3.51kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/common/Updates.php	4.67kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/common/Utils.php	2.70kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/common/Widgets.php	3.60kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/includes/	17.74kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/includes/backwards-compat-functions.inc	904.00B	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/includes/template-wrangler.inc	10.60kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/includes/wp-widget-ww-corral.php	3.10kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/includes/wp-widget-ww-widget.php	3.16kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/languages/	37.88kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/languages/widget-wrangler.pot	37.88kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/README.txt	11.06kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/templates/	2.13kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/templates/widget-1x.php	1.03kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/templates/widget.php	1.10kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
wp-content/plugins/widget-wrangler/widget-wrangler.php	7.11kB	No known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Which new shortcodes does Widget Wrangler add to WordPress?

The plugin Widget Wrangler added 2 new shortcodes when it was installed with WP-CLI in our WordPress test environment.

ShortCode		Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
[ww_corral]		The ww_corral shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
[ww_widget]		The ww_widget shortcode doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

Note: We have not yet checked to see if these shortcodes work as expected in pages, posts, sidebar widgets, or when set as the page title, in content, in the excert, in menus or anywhere else within a WordPress installation. A shortcode could produce errors due to parameters added when it is used, or if the plugin is updated and the format of the shortcode has changed.

Which new database tables are created by the WordPress plugin Widget Wrangler?

Widget Wrangler created 1 new database table when it was installed in our test environment:

Table name	Known Plugin or Theme conflicts
wp_ww_extras	The wp_ww_extras table doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.

After uninstalling and deleting Widget Wrangler using WP-CLI there were 1 database table that still remained:

Table name	Status
wp_ww_extras	Orphan/Zombie

Click the table name above for more information on what the orphan table could mean to your WordPress installation and some tips on how to deal with it.

Which new options are added to the wp-options table by Widget Wrangler?

When Widget Wrangler was activated and loaded for the first time it created 6 new options in the wp_options table. Any known conflicts will be shown in red.

Option Name		Known Conflicts
templatewrangler_version		Potential conflict with 1 plugin or theme
2.1
widget_widget-wrangler-sidebar		The widget_widget-wrangler-sidebar option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
a:1:{s:12:"_multiwidget";i:1;}
widget_widget-wrangler-widget		The widget_widget-wrangler-widget option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
a:1:{s:12:"_multiwidget";i:1;}
ww_db_version		The ww_db_version option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
2002
ww_settings		The ww_settings option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
a:11:{s:19:"exclude_from_search";i:1;s:12:"theme_compat";i:1;s:12:"capabilities";s:6:"simple";s:19:"advanced_capability";s:0:"";s:10:"post_types";a:2:{s:4:"page";s:4:"page";s:4:"post";s:4:"post";}s:10:"taxonomies";a:0:{}s:17:"override_elements";a:6:{i:0;s:3:"div";i:1;s:2:"h2";i:2;s:2:"h3";i:3;s:5:"aside";i:4;s:6:"strong";i:5;s:4:"span";}s:27:"legacy_template_suggestions";i:0;s:14:"previously_pro";i:0;s:25:"override_elements_enabled";i:0;s:17:"shortcode_tinymce";i:0;}
ww_version		The ww_version option doesn't have any known conflicts with other themes or plugins.
2.3.9

During use Widget Wrangler may or may not create more options depending on how the plugin is configured and depending on which other themes and plugins are active in your specific hosting environment.

After disabling and deleting Widget Wrangler there were 7 options still present in the wp-options table:

recently_activated
templatewrangler_version
widget_widget-wrangler-sidebar
widget_widget-wrangler-widget
ww_db_version
ww_settings
ww_version

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What new PHP functions does Widget Wrangler declare when it is active?

Installing Widget Wrangler added 9 new functions to Wordpress at run-time. These functions are internal and generally aren't meant to be used except by developpers who wish to interface with the plugin to enhance or alter its behavior.

Function	Conflicts	Common Errors
theme	1 conflict	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare theme()
theme_link	1 conflict	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare theme_link()
tw_find_template	1 conflict	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tw_find_template()
tw_process_template	1 conflict	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tw_process_template()
tw_templates	1 conflict	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tw_templates()
tw_test_include_2_1	1 conflict	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare tw_test_include_2_1()
ww_dynamic_sidebar	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ww_dynamic_sidebar()
ww_is_active_corral	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ww_is_active_corral()
ww_the_widget	0 conflicts	Fatal error: Cannot redeclare ww_the_widget()

Using Widget Wrangler from the command line with WP-CLI

The following commands are provided for convenience and should only be used if you understand how WP-CLI works. These commands refer to a single WordPress instance and may need to be modified if you are working with a Multisite installation.

How to install Widget Wrangler from the command line with WP-CLI

Navigate to the root of your WordPress installation and type the following command:

wp plugin install widget-wrangler

How to activate Widget Wrangler from the command line with WP-CLI

To immediately activate Widget Wrangler after WP-CLI downloads the latest version you can use the following command:

wp plugin install widget-wrangler --activate

How to reinstall Widget Wrangler from the command line with WP-CLI

To force a reinstallation of Widget Wrangler which overwrites the current plugin without asking for confirmation you can use the following command:

wp plugin install widget-wrangler --force

How to update Widget Wrangler to the latest version from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin update widget-wrangler

How to delete Widget Wrangler from the command line with WP-CLI

wp plugin delete widget-wrangler

Where can you download earlier versions of Widget Wrangler?

Whenever possible you should use the latest version of plugins and themes, however if you have recently updated and discovered that you need to install an earlier version you may be able to download other versions of Widget Wrangler from the WordPress repository by visiting this link.

Please note that installing earlier versions of a theme or plugin is not generally a recommended course of action for most users and could re-introduce security, stability or other issues in Widget Wrangler

About our testing enviroment

Tests were conducted using Apache 2.4.29, PHP 7.2 on Ubuntu 18.04, MySQL 5.7.33 and WordPress 5.9

It is very possible that different versions of PHP such as PHP 8.0, PHP 7.4, or PHP 7.3 could behave differently with Widget Wrangler. Different versions of WordPress could implement the features of this plugin in slightly different ways as well.