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Deprecated Notice Control

Elementor Core Basic

Elementor Deprecated Notice control displays a pre-formatted notice in the panel, warning that the widget is deprecated and should be replaced.

The control is defined in Control_Deprecated_Notice class which extends Base_UI_Control class.

When using this control, the type should be set to \Elementor\Controls_Manager::DEPRECATED_NOTICE constant.

Arguments

NameTypeDefaultDescription
typestringraw_htmlThe type of the control.
labelstringThe label that appears above of the field.
show_labelbooltrueWhether to display the label.
label_blockboolfalseWhether to display the label in a separate line.
separatorstringdefaultSet the position of the control separator. Available values are default, before and after. default will hide the separator, unless the control type has specific separator settings. before / after will position the separator before/after the control.
widgetstringThe widget name.
sincestringPlugin version in which the widget was deprecated.
laststringPlugin version in which the widget will be removed.
pluginstringPlugin’s title.
replacementstringWidget replacement.

Return Value

This control does not return any value.

Usage

There are two ways to add deprecation notice to widgets:

Using the Regular Add Control

Add a notice warning that the widget is deprecated using the regular add_control() method.

php
<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function register_controls(): void {

		$this->start_controls_section(
			'content_section',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Content', 'textdomain' ),
				'tab' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TAB_CONTENT,
			]
		);

		$this->add_control(
			'deprecated_notice',
			[
				'type' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::DEPRECATED_NOTICE,
				'widget' => 'your-old-widget',
				'since' => '3.10.0',
				'last' => '3.20.0',
				'plugin' => 'Your Great Plugin',
				'replacement' => 'your-new-widget',
				'content_classes' => 'your-class',
			]
		);

		// Register the rest of the controls as usual.

		$this->end_controls_section();

	}

}

Using a Deprecated Notice Method

Add a notice warning that the widget is deprecated using the deprecated_notice() method.

php
<?php
class Elementor_Test_Widget extends \Elementor\Widget_Base {

	protected function register_controls(): void {

		$this->start_controls_section(
			'content_section',
			[
				'label' => esc_html__( 'Content', 'textdomain' ),
				'tab' => \Elementor\Controls_Manager::TAB_CONTENT,
			]
		);

		$this->deprecated_notice(
			'Your Great Plugin',
			'3.10.0',
			'3.20.0',
			'your-new-widget'
		);

		// Register the rest of the controls as usual.

		$this->end_controls_section();

	}
}