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I would like to make use of a product list widget but I need to use it with my own template file.

I want to create a widget via content -> widgets. This is different from utilizing a widget from a CMS page or block.

But there is only the default "Products Grid Template".
So I found this post: Magento2: How to override widget template

But the solution explained does not work.

I am using magento 2.2.3. I created a custom module...

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="module.xsd">

<module name="Vendor_Module" setup_version="0.0.1">

    <sequence>

        <module name="Magento_CatalogWidget" />

    </sequence>

</module>

...with a widget.xml in the module's etc/ folder:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<widgets xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Widget:etc/widget_file.xsd">

<widget id="products_list" class="MagentoCatalogWidgetBlockProductProductsList" is_email_compatible="true" placeholder_image="Magento_CatalogWidget::images/products_list.png" ttl="86400">

    <parameters>

        <parameter name="template" xsi:type="select" required="true" visible="true">

            <label translate="true">Bestseller</label>

            <options>

                <option name="bestseller" value="Vendor_Module::widget/bestseller.phtml">

                    <label translate="true">Bestseller</label>

                </option>

            </options>

        </parameter>

    </parameters>

</widget>

And put my template file in

app/code/Vendor/Module/view/frontend/widget/bestseller.phtml

Cleared all caches but the template won't show up as an option in the widget's admin interface.

Any idea what could be wrong here?

Thank you

EDIT:

This template thing does not make any sense. I tried to dig into this by looking at other modules.

I took the mageplaza blog extension for instance. It comes with a similar widget:

<widgets xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:module:Magento_Widget:etc/widget.xsd">

<widget id="mageplaza_blog_posts" class="MageplazaBlogBlockWidgetPosts">

    <label translate="true">Mageplaza Blog</label>

    <description>Mageplaza Blog Widget </description>

    <parameters>

        <parameter name="title" xsi:type="text" required="false" visible="true">

            <label translate="true">Title</label>

        </parameter>

        <parameter name="post_count" xsi:type="text" required="true" visible="true">

            <label translate="true">Numbers of Posts Display</label>

            <value>5</value>

        </parameter>

        <parameter name="show_type" xsi:type="select" required="false" visible="true"

                   source_model="MageplazaBlogModelConfigSourceWidgetShowType">

            <label translate="true">Show Type</label>

        </parameter>

        <parameter name="category_id" xsi:type="text" required="true" visible="true">

            <label translate="true">Category ID</label>

            <depends>

                <parameter name="show_type" value="category" />

            </depends>

            <value>2</value>

        </parameter>

        <parameter name="template" xsi:type="select" required="true" visible="true">

            <label translate="true">Template</label>

            <options>

                <option name="posts" value="Mageplaza_Blog::widget/posts.phtml" selected="true">

                    <label translate="true">Default Posts Template</label>

                </option>



                <option name="posts2" value="Mageplaza_Blog::widget/posts2.phtml">

                    <label translate="true">Default Posts Template2</label>

                </option>

            </options>

        </parameter>

    </parameters>

    <containers>

        <container name="content">

            <template name="posts" value="posts" />

        </container>

    </containers>

</widget>

Now when I expand the widget.xml inside the module:

<options>

<option name="posts" value="Mageplaza_Blog::widget/posts.phtml" selected="true">

    <label translate="true">Default Posts Template</label>

</option>



<option name="posts2" value="Mageplaza_Blog::widget/posts2.phtml">

    <label translate="true">Default Posts Template2</label>

</option>

This does not have ANY effect whatsoever. There is no way to select the second template. It sticks to "Default Posts Template".

I think that the problem is your path of the template. The correct location will be this:

app/code/Vendor/Module/view/frontend/templates/widget/bestseller.phtml

You forgot the folder templates

Your issue might be here:

<containers>

    <container name="content">

        <template name="posts" value="posts" />

    </container>

</containers>

Should also contain:

<template name="posts2" value="posts2" />

The template name references the option name above.