Custom logic in update() widget method doesn't execute

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Custom logic in update() widget method doesn't execute #128

Open brendanlawton opened 7 years ago

brendanlawton commented 7 years ago

Steps to reproduce issue:

Add some custom logic to the update() method of a widget
Add widget to a page via Tailor

Expected result: Custom logic is executed.

Actual result: Custom logic is not executed.

andrew-worsfold commented 7 years ago

@brendanlawton -

The update() method is not currently called, due to the (relatively restrictive) way that WordPress widgets work. Updates are performed using JavaScript. It may be possible to approach widgets differently to allow this, which I will investigate for a future release.