What is a Wordpress Widget

Simply put it is a simple method of putting something in the sidebar of your Wordpress blog. In the case of the On My Site Now Wordpress widget your OMSN visitor counter will be displayed. If you have registered your blog with On My Site Now you will also be able to set the colors of the counter from within the Wordpress backend 'Options' menu.

Installation

Installation is as simple as it can be:

  • Right click Here and 'Save As' onmysitenow.php to download the wordpress widget plugin
  • Upload to the /wp-content/plugins directory on your server as onmysitenow.php.
  • Log into the back end of your Wordpress Blog and go to the plugins page
  • Activate the 'Onmysitenow widget' plugin

  • If your blog is registered on On My Site Now then you can also take the following steps to configure your counter:

  • Visit the 'Options' page of your Wordpress backend and then visit the 'OnMySiteNow' option page
  • Complete the form, setting the width and colors you wish your counter to be formated in and click on the 'Update Options' button

  • Once you have activated the plugin you can then add the OnMySiteNow widget to your blog by going to the 'Presentation/Widgets' page in your Wordpress back end and place the 'On My Site Now' widget in your sidebar.