How To Create Widget in Siteorigin Wordpress

Paste this code in Theme > function.php

// this for hook 
function my_awesome_widgets_collection($folders){
    $folders[] = dirname(__FILE__).'/../widgets/';
    return $folders;
}
add_filter('siteorigin_widgets_widget_folders', 'my_awesome_widgets_collection');


// this for add new widget group
function imm_add_widget_tabs($tabs) {
    $tabs[] = array(
        'title' => __('Imm Widgets', 'imm_widget'),
        'filter' => array(
            'groups' => array('imm_widget')
        )
    );

    return $tabs;
}
add_filter('siteorigin_panels_widget_dialog_tabs', 'imm_add_widget_tabs', 20);

hook.php is place where i code on top.

widgets folder is place for all widget

the widget we use as example is imm-carousel

Folder Structure.

 
//***
<?php
/*
Widget Name: Imm Carousel
Description: Carousel
Author: Hari Seanli
Author URI: https://www.islandmediamanagement.com/
Widget URI: https://www.islandmediamanagement.com/,
Video URI: https://www.islandmediamanagement.com/
*/

class Imm_Carousel_Widget extends SiteOrigin_Widget {

 function __construct() {
     //Here you can do any preparation required before calling the parent constructor, such as including additional files or initializing variables.

     //Call the parent constructor with the required arguments.
     parent::__construct(
         // The unique id for your widget.
         'imm-carousel',

         // The name of the widget for display purposes.
         __('Imm Carousel Widget', 'imm-carousel-widget-text-domain'),

         // The $widget_options array, which is passed through to WP_Widget.
         // It has a couple of extras like the optional help URL, which should link to your sites help or support page.
         array(
             'description' => __('A hello world widget.', 'hello-world-widget-text-domain'),
             'help'        => 'http://example.com/hello-world-widget-docs',
             'panels_groups' => array('imm_widget')
         ),

         //The $control_options array, which is passed through to WP_Widget
         array(
         ),

         //The $form_options array, which describes the form fields used to configure SiteOrigin widgets. We'll explain these in more detail later.
         array(
             'text' => array(
                 'type' => 'text',
                 'label' => __('Hello world! goes here.', 'siteorigin-widgets'),
                 'default' => 'Hello world!'
             ),
         ),

         //The $base_folder path string.
         plugin_dir_path(__FILE__)
     );
 }

 function get_template_name($instance) {
     return 'imm-carousel-template';
 }

 function get_template_dir($instance) {
     return 'hw-templates';
 }

}
siteorigin_widget_register('imm_carousel_widget', __FILE__, 'Imm_Carousel_Widget');



?>

<div>
    <?php echo wp_kses_post($instance['text']) ?>
</div>