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# Creating a widget from Blank Canvas (Developer Guide)

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You are reading the **NextGen Documentation**

**NextGen widgets** are a new and improved way to display UGC content onsite. 

From September 23rd 2025, all new widgets created will be NextGen.

Please check your widget version on the **Widget List page** to see if it is a **Classic** or **NextGen** widget.

You can read the [Classic Widget Documentation](/ugc/guides/onsite-widgets.md) here.
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Creating a widget from blank canvas can be quite technical in nature.

It is recommended that you utilise a developer, or a team of developers to create a blank canvas widget.

You can utilise the tabs on the left hand side, in order - to setup a development environment to begin your UGC Blank Canvas widget. The guides should run you through how to create a basic widget start to finish.