wp-includes/class-wp-widget.php:287Sets the internal order number for the widget instance.
$numberint public function _set( $number ) { $this->number = $number; $this->id = $this->id_base . '-' . $number; }Introduced in 2.8.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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