A smarter text widget that can be used to display table of contents in the sidebar.
As of April 2026, Hackadelic Discreet Text Widget is a WordPress text plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 16 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: String locator.
When you use a shortcode in a text widget to dynamically create its content, the shortcode may yield empty content in some contexts, leaving you with an ugly looking empty widget in your sidebar with nothing more than a title and a blank rectange.
What you want is a text widget that will only show up when it does have content. This is such a widget.
A use case when you will immediately benefit from Discreet Text Widget is when you want a Table of Contents in the sidebar.
Check out the plug-in homepage for in-depth information about the plug-in.
This file is part of the Hackadelic Discreet Text Widget WordPress plugin.
Hackadelic Discreet Text Widget is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by t…
| WordPress | 2.8+ requiredTested up to 2.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Initial public release.
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