To access values in the widget parameters box ( the mysterious text input below the widget drop down in dbasis), in your widget script you have to access the $plugin_info['params'] array. It will have a hash of your key=>value pairs which are semicolon separated. Example: in the mystery text box your have 'watch=topic;relid=29' in your widget script you can get the values via: $watch = & $plugin_info['params']['watch'] ; $relid = & $plugin_info['params']['relid'] ; This sounds like something that should be in the syntax wiki... -Oscar