$widgets ) { // WP has an "array_version" key that is not an array... if( ! is_array( $widgets ) ) { continue; } // loop through widget ID's foreach( $widgets as $key => $widget_id ) { // does this widget ID start with "mc4wp_widget"? if( strpos( $widget_id, 'mc4wp_widget' ) === 0 ) { // replace "mc4wp_widget" with "mc4wp_form_widget" $new_widget_id = str_replace( 'mc4wp_widget', 'mc4wp_form_widget', $widget_id ); $section_widgets[ $section ][ $key ] = $new_widget_id; $replaced = true; } } } // update option if we made changes if( $replaced ) { update_option( 'sidebars_widgets', $section_widgets ); } // update widget options $options = get_option( 'widget_mc4wp_widget', false ); if( $options ) { update_option( 'widget_mc4wp_form_widget', $options ); // delete old option delete_option( 'widget_mc4wp_widget' ); }