VikWidgetsLoader

VikWidgetsLoader – Collection of Widgets

VikWidgetsLoader – Collection of Widgets is a WordPress plugin with the following stats:

#5,344 Global Rank

1K+ active installs

Since 2018 8 years active

About VikWidgetsLoader – Collection of Widgets

A variety of Widgets to enhance your website. Add sliders, grids and icons to your pages.

Add 8 new fancy widgets to your website! Install this plugin to load a variety of widgets ready to be used with your theme.

Visit VikWP.com for more details.

Here are the included Widgets

Category Post – Display your latest posts filtered by category
Cookies Policy – Displays a message regarding the cookie policies
Google Maps – Displays a Google Map with custom markers
Grid Content – Displays a grid of posts
Icons – Displays a grid of icons
Speakers – Displays a list of people with names and surnames
Text Slide – Displays several texts sliding over a still background image
Trip Advisor Review – Displays one of several Trip Advisor widgets

WordPress’s Powerful Widget System

VikWidgetsLoader does not rely on external framworks, as we believe in the power of the lightweight and resourceful WordPress Widget manager.
Every widget is loaded as any default WordPress Widget is, so you don’t need to load external libraries or anything.

Extendable System

VikWidgetsLoader has a simple to use and extendable, which will allow us (and you too!) to develop additional widgets for it with ease!
The installation also comes provided with a simple widgets guide, which you can follow to add any custom widget you wish to develop.

Changelog

1.10.0

Improved optimization minifying the CSS files.

1.10.1

Minor bug fixes.

1.11.0

Added Gutenberg block support for all 11 widgets via Server-Side Rendering.
Added WordPress Media Manager picker for image fields in Gutenberg blocks.
Added searchable FontAwesome icon picker with live preview in the VikWP Icons block.
Added native color picker for color fields in Gutenberg blocks.
Fixed background color not being applied in VikWP Grid Content widget.
Updated WordPress compatibility to 7.0.

1.12.0

Security: Hardened sanitization of the CSS class field in all widgets.
Fixed FontAwesome icons not displaying on the frontend in the VikWP Icons widget/block when the active theme doesn’t already load FontAwesome; the bundled copy is now loaded automatically, only when needed.
Added an “Auto-load FontAwesome” setting (Settings > VikWidgetsLoader) to control the automatic loading above, for sites that prefer to manage FontAwesome themselves.
Fixed the icon picker in the VikWP Icons block only showing the first 80 matching icons; searches now return every matching icon from the full bundled set.
Removed the VikWP Content Slider widget from the widgets list, as it’s no longer actively maintained. It remains available for existing sites already using it.

1.12.1

Security: Hardened validation and sanitization of the timing fields (delay, fade in, fade out) in the VikWP Text Slide widget/block.
Security: Hardened validation and sanitization of the icon column width field in the VikWP Icons widget/block.
Security: Hardened validation and sanitization of marker coordinates in the VikWP Google Maps widget/block.
Security: Hardened validation and sanitization of the hotel ID, website URL, language and protocol fields in the VikWP Trip Advisor Review widget/block.

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