unregister_widget( string|WP_Widget $widget )

Unregisters a widget.

Description

Unregisters a WP_Widget widget. Useful for un-registering default widgets. Run within a function hooked to the ‘widgets_init’ action.

$widget: (Required) Either the name of a WP_Widget subclass or an instance of a WP_Widget subclass.

function unregister_widget( $widget ) {
	global $wp_widget_factory;

	$wp_widget_factory->unregister( $widget );
}

Uses
Uses	Description
wp-includes/class-wp-widget-factory.php: WP_Widget_Factory::unregister()	Un-registers a widget subclass.

Changelog
Version	Description
WP-4.6.0	Updated the `$widget` parameter to also accept a WP_Widget instance object instead of simply a `WP_Widget` subclass name.
WP-2.8.0	Introduced.