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title: WordPress, GPL and Widget Context
date: 2008-12-19T03:00:50+00:00
modified: 2012-08-23T10:15:59+00:00
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  name: Kaspars
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  - Open Source
  - Plugin
  - Widget Context
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# WordPress, GPL and Widget Context

Definitely check out the *special* episode of *[WordPress Weekly](http://www.talkshoe.com/talkshoe/web/talkCast.jsp?masterId=34224 "WordPress Weekly")* podcast ([RSS](http://recordings.talkshoe.com/rss34224.xml "RSS feed for the WordPress Weekly podcast")) hosted by [*Jeff Chandler*](http://www.jeffro2pt0.com/) where **[Matt Mullenweg](http://ma.tt/ "Founder of WordPress")** explains why *WordPress*, *GPL* and *Open Source* matters.

I am finally publishing my **Widget Context** plugin as an [**α** release](https://kaspars.net/widget-context.zip) **[at the official plugin repository](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widget-context/)**. If you find a bug, or if you know how to fix that bug where the context settings are not saved for widgets that are added fresh to the sidebar on the first ‘Save’, then please leave a comment.

### Widget Context Plugin in Action

Here is what this plugin adds at the end of every widget in the *Widget Management* area:

[![Widget Context in Action](/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/widget-context-demo-screenshot-477x480.png "Widget Context plugin for WordPress")](https://kaspars.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/widget-context-demo-screenshot.png)Widget Context in Action