Widget Queries about wp-graphql HOT 8 CLOSED

@itwasmattgregg I'm thinking this feature would probably be best explored as an extension plugin for now.

I'm not sure where Widgets are going with Gutenberg, and the current state of Widgets don't lend to proper exposure to an API as there's no registry for fields that can be added to a widget.

Ideal implementation would expose widgets with their fields, not the rendered HTML, because not all clients care about the rendered HTML. Most clients, I would argue, want the data that was input so they, the client, can handle the rendering in HTML, or React Native, or whatever other format their client needs to output.

Because of the lack of a proper registry for all properties of widgets (fields, namely) it's difficult to expose to WPGraphQL in a very meaningful way.

And Gutenberg taking over widgets complicates things further.

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A good solution found here https://github.com/benada002/wp-graphql-widgets

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I totally agree and that all makes sense. Thanks for the update.

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Relevant Slack discussion here: https://wp-graphql.slack.com/archives/C3NM1M291/p1548183242930100

And thread here: https://wp-graphql.slack.com/archives/C3NM1M291/p1548184977978200

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Long story short, I think Widgets have a lot more discussion to be had before we can support them in a meaningful way in WPGraphQL.

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Any movement on this?

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Does this not help with this issue? #485 Sorry I am new to WP Graph QL and WordPress in general but I am currently trying to rebuild my blog in React with WP Graph QL and trying to rebuild side bar widgets.

Is there a clever workaround?

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Closing per discussion above: #20 (comment)

If anyone is interested in creating an extension for this, you can probably use PR #485 as inspiration.

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