{"id":54215,"date":"2025-02-14T13:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T13:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpstaging.mailrelay.com\/glossary\/widget\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:49:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:49:57","slug":"widget","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/wpstaging.mailrelay.com\/en\/glossary\/widget\/","title":{"rendered":"Widget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Widgets are small programs whose main purpose is to facilitate access to the information of an application, without the need for the application to be open. The program is in use, in parallel, on the graphical interface of the operating system on which it is installed, be it a computer, cell phone, tablet, smartwatch, GPS navigator, etc.<\/p>\n<p>It is common for some widgets to allow actions to be performed on the applications from which they take data, in a simple way and not only to display data in real time.<\/p>\n<p>Practically all of us make use of widgets, such as widgets that allow us to check the weather (weather data for our location or others) on our mobile devices and personal computers.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Types of widgets<\/h2>\n<p>There are different types of widgets, the most common are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mobile Widgets.<\/strong>  They are used in mobile devices to display information in a more visual and interactive way to users.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Desktop Widgets.<\/strong>  These are tools that are placed on the desktop of your computer to provide it with new functionalities or to facilitate access to certain functions of other applications already installed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Widgets for websites.<\/strong>  These are additional applications that can be added to a website in order to expand its functionalities or facilitate access to existing ones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2. Features of the widgets<\/h2>\n<p>The main functions that the widgets should have, being very complicated that they gather all of them, happen to be:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Facilitate the performance of common tasks.<\/li>\n<li>Display <a href=\"https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/es\/blog\/2020\/04\/14\/como-mejorar-la-experiencia-de-usuario-ux-en-tu-campana-de-emailing\/\" title=\"How to improve the user experience UX in your emailing campaign\">information in a very accessible and visual way<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Very easy to use.<\/li>\n<li>Offer easy configuration for any type of user.<\/li>\n<li>Convert complex data into easily assimilated data.<\/li>\n<li>They must be unobtrusive.<\/li>\n<li>Be able to <a href=\"https:\/\/mailrelay.com\/es\/blog\/2018\/08\/21\/lead-magnets\/\" title=\"15 Types of Lead Magnets to build loyalty with your current subscribers\">build user loyalty<\/a> and generate recommendations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-54215","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Widget - Mailrelay<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Widget - Mailrelay\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Widgets are small programs whose main purpose is to facilitate access to the information of an application, without the need for the application to be open. 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