Title: Asteroids Widget Author: electrictreehouse Published: October 27, 2010 Last modified: January 27, 2012 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/asteroids-widget.svg) # Asteroids Widget By [electrictreehouse](https://profiles.wordpress.org/electrictreehouse/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/asteroids-widget.zip) * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/asteroids-widget/#description) * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/asteroids-widget/#reviews) * [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/asteroids-widget/#installation) * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/asteroids-widget/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asteroids-widget/) ## Description Turn your site into the game of Asteroids. Click to start and you can destroy the contents of your webpage by flying around and shooting them. Check out Electric Tree House (http://electrictreehouse.com/) (bottom of the right sidebar) to try it out yourself. The plugin is also highly customizable allowing you to add a description and/or image as well as controlling which pages the Asteroids widget appears on. Give it a try and I guarantee you will be impressed. The Widget implements a javascript by Erik Rothoff Andersson (http://erkie.github.com/), based on the classic game, Asteroids. ## Screenshots * [[ * The widgets screen showing a PHP code widget in use. * [[ * The output of the widget on the site. ## Installation 1. Upload `asteroids-widget` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Use the widget like any other widget. 4. Customize based on your preference. A little bit of editing and you can remove my links from the widget entirely. 5. Add the Asteroids button to any page or post by adding [asteroids]. ## FAQ Leave a message at http://electrictreehouse.com/asteroids-widget-plugin/ ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5aed3b35b5a25fc39e67f3851e54ea2a48068a97330bbfba8fa48a005e81b636? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[THANKS!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thanks-2141/)󠁿 [bruceburstein](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bruceburstein/) September 9, 2021 Great Widget! Great Job! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2705ec72762002e78c7aded24c0f5342a977a679a86abd8b1b3b2e09d5f6d715? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Still works!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/still-works-128/)󠁿 [Michael Nelson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mnelson4/) January 19, 2018 Just tried this on a new install. It would be good to tell folks what buttons do what, but it still works like a charm. I really enjoyed destroying my site with this. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2db8afe302da2b396077453c9981b97f4b90e3850a9aa3886d7d7a900f0ee245? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Work like a charm!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/work-like-a-charm-34/)󠁿 [disi13](https://profiles.wordpress.org/disi13/) September 3, 2016 WP 4.4.2: work like a charm! Great Plugin! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c995b652ed1d2b568375b4ecbe4c095f3bd0117b31b278f25d7a9dff3d1668d3? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Best Plugin EVER](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-plugin-ever-117/)󠁿 [crawlinson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/crawlinson/) September 3, 2016 Four years since update… and it still works flawlessly. [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asteroids-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Asteroids Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ electrictreehouse ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/electrictreehouse/) [Translate “Asteroids Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/asteroids-widget) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/asteroids-widget/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/asteroids-widget/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/asteroids-widget/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/asteroids-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 3.0.0 * Moved JS to external script * Added Shortcode [asteroids] * Added JQuery toggle to admin options #### 2.2.2 * Re-wrote some of the code. #### 2.2.1 * Added Arcade images by Alta Peterson (http://altapeterson.com/). #### 2.2 * Resolved PHP code so that links points to JS and image file in “gears” folder. * Added another Button and Image option. * Added option for ship to shoot yellow bullets. #### 2.1 * Basically started over. Added Image and Link/Button options to widget. Resolved IE issues. #### 1.1 * Resolved initial bugs and IE issues. #### 1.0 * First Attempt. Basic Functions. ## Meta * Version **3.0.0** * Last updated **14 years ago** * Active installations **70+** * WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.3.2** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/asteroids-widget/) * Tags * [asteroids](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/asteroids/)[fun](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/fun/) [game](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/game/)[widget](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/) * [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/asteroids-widget/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 6 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asteroids-widget/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asteroids-widget/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asteroids-widget/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asteroids-widget/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asteroids-widget/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asteroids-widget/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asteroids-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ electrictreehouse ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/electrictreehouse/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/asteroids-widget/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](http://www.electrictreehouse.com)