Call to widgets_init function from controller in a controller it does not work

[jvillena]

Hello

i have a conrtoller (app\controllers) with this code becouse i want to disable widgets from the admin area,
however the widgets_init function does not execute therefore the unregister_widget call does not run.
what am I doing wrong?
Is it possible to make calls to wordpress functions from controllers?

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<?php

namespace App\Controllers;

use Sober\Controller\Controller;

class CustomUserOptions extends Controller
{

public function __construct() {
     add_action('widgets_init', [ $this, 'wpdocs_remove_calendar_widget' ], 99);

   }

function wpdocs_remove_calendar_widget() {      

        unregister_widget('WP_Widget_Calendar');     
      
        

    }
}

---

Thank you so much

[jvillena]

hello

i have wrote this code in filters.php file

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add_action('widgets_init', function () {  

      unregister_widget('WP_Widget_Pages');    

      unregister_widget('WP_Widget_Custom_HTML');

    

});

---

this works fine, so i can make calls to unregister_widget and widgets_init from filters.php

why can´t do the same inside controller file from controllers folders?

thanks

[alwaysblank]

Controllers are for modifying and passing data to blade templates. They are not executed during an admin request, therefore admin-specific code in them will never be executed.

[jvillena]

thank alwaysblank

i have added the code in filters.php and works fine