How to create widget

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  ishamcook · Member · Feb 15, 2015 at 1:48 am

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  I want to create a sidebar from GreatFire.org (to appear as the last widget on my sidebar). It says to “Paste this code anywhere on your website to create a widget, but instead of this website, the widget will automatically display the latest status of your website [in China]: blocked, restricted or fine”:

  <div class=”widget24372835796″ data-widget-type=”gf_this_site”></div>
  <script type=”text/javascript”>
  (function() {
  var ns = document.createElement(‘script’);
  ns.type = ‘text/javascript’;
  ns.async = true;
  ns.src = ‘https://s3.amazonaws.com/all_widgets/widget.js’;
  var fs = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0];
  fs.parentNode.insertBefore(ns, fs);
  })();
  </script>

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  thatrobyn · Member · Feb 15, 2015 at 9:54 pm

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  Hello there,

  This type of code will not work on a WordPress.com site. It cannot be installed.

  You can create a widget here at WordPress.com, but it won’t have the same functionality.

  Here’s information about how to create widget:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/create-your-own-widget/

  If creating your own widget at WordPress.com doesn’t work, and this widget is important to the functionality of your site, you may consider self-hosting your site via another server. If you aren’t yet familiar with the difference between WordPress.org and WordPress.com, here are some details:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  Please let us know if you have any other questions. Thanks much!