add my own created widget code in wordpress - wordpress

Question

i created my own widget code by php programe for wordpress...and i want to add that widget into widget panel..so if i want to show on that widget in my widget panel where i add(means which file in wordpress) my widget code...?
<?php
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'my_widget' );
function my_widget() {
register_widget( 'MY_Widget' );
}
class MY_Widget extends WP_Widget {
function MY_Widget() {
$widget_ops = array( 'classname' => 'example', 'description' => __('A widget that displays the authors name ', 'example') );
$control_ops = array( 'width' => 300, 'height' => 350, 'id_base' => 'example-widget' );
$this->WP_Widget( 'example-widget', __('Example Widget', 'example'), $widget_ops, $control_ops );
}
function widget( $args, $instance ) {
extract( $args );
//Our variables from the widget settings.
$title = apply_filters('widget_title', $instance['title'] );
$name = $instance['name'];
$show_info = isset( $instance['show_info'] ) ? $instance['show_info'] : false;
echo $before_widget;
// Display the widget title
if ( $title )
echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;
//Display the name
if ( $name )
printf( '<p>' . __('Hey their Sailor! My name is %1$s.', 'example') . '</p>', $name );
if ( $show_info )
printf( $name );
echo $after_widget;
}
//Update the widget
function update( $new_instance, $old_instance ) {
$instance = $old_instance;
//Strip tags from title and name to remove HTML
$instance['title'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['title'] );
$instance['name'] = strip_tags( $new_instance['name'] );
$instance['show_info'] = $new_instance['show_info'];
return $instance;
}
function form( $instance ) {
//Set up some default widget settings.
$defaults = array( 'title' => __('Example', 'example'), 'name' => __('Bilal Shaheen', 'example'), 'show_info' => true );
$instance = wp_parse_args( (array) $instance, $defaults ); ?>
//Widget Title: Text Input.
<p>
<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>"><?php _e('Title:', 'example'); ?></label>
<input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'title' ); ?>" value="<?php echo $instance['title']; ?>" style="width:100%;" />
</p>
//Text Input.
<p>
<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'name' ); ?>"><?php _e('Your Name:', 'example'); ?></label>
<input id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'name' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'name' ); ?>" value="<?php echo $instance['name']; ?>" style="width:100%;" />
</p>
//Checkbox.
<p>
<input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" <?php checked( $instance['show_info'], true ); ?> id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'show_info' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'show_info' ); ?>" />
<label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'show_info' ); ?>"><?php _e('Display info publicly?', 'example'); ?></label>
</p>
<?php
}
}
?>

Answer 1

You can keep it in your theme's functions.php file but it would be better if you keep it in a separate file and then include the file in functions.php like
include('mywidget.php');
Create the file (mywidget.php) and save it in your themes root folder (where functions.php is located), and paste the code in this file, that's it. Keeping the widget code in a different file will keep your functions.php clean and your widget file will be easily readable/editable in it's own file without looking the code in functions.php.