10 Tools for Widgets & Sidebars

Manage WordPress widget areas through AI. Add widgets, update settings, reorder, move between sidebars, and clear entire areas.

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What You Can Do

The Widgets toolset lets your AI manage every aspect of WordPress widget areas. List all registered sidebars, view their contents, add new widgets with custom settings, update existing widget configurations, reorder widgets within a sidebar, move widgets between areas, and clear entire sidebars.

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Key Tools

Tool	Description
wp_list_sidebars	List all registered widget areas with their current widget contents.
wp_add_widget	Add a new widget to a sidebar with custom settings and position.
wp_update_widget	Update the settings of an existing widget in a sidebar.
wp_reorder_widgets	Change the order of widgets within a sidebar.
wp_move_widget	Move a widget from one sidebar to another while preserving its settings.
wp_clear_sidebar	Remove all widgets from a specific sidebar area.

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Example Workflow

"Add a recent posts widget to the blog sidebar, then move the 
search widget to the top of that sidebar."

→ wp_add_widget(sidebar="blog-sidebar", type="recent-posts", settings={...})
→ wp_reorder_widgets(sidebar="blog-sidebar", order=[...])
→ Sidebar configured in 2 calls.

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Widget Types

WordPress supports dozens of widget types — recent posts, categories, tag clouds, custom HTML, navigation menus, search boxes, and more. mumcp lets your AI add any registered widget type to any sidebar, complete with custom configuration. This means you can build complex sidebar layouts entirely through conversation.

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