{"id":"5016ebec-6b80-4a3f-894b-18b71b66c17c","task":"Implement BigCommerce Stencil theme customization with custom widgets and regional content blocks via the Widget Builder API","domain":"bigcommerce.dev","steps":["Use the BigCommerce Widget API to create a widget template by posting a widget template definition with a schema defining configurable fields and a Handlebars template body","Create a widget instance from the template by calling the widgets endpoint with configuration values that match the schema fields defined in the template","Place the widget on a page by creating a placement via the placements endpoint, specifying the page type, template file, region name, and the widget ID","In the Stencil theme, verify that the target template file (for example, pages/product.html) declares the region using the {{region}} Handlebars helper so the widget renders at runtime","Test the widget rendering on the storefront and confirm that changes to the widget configuration via the API are reflected without a theme re-upload","Use the content management tools in the BigCommerce admin to adjust widget placement order within a region if multiple widgets share the same region"],"gotchas":["Widget regions must be declared in the Stencil theme template files; placing a widget via the API into a region that is not declared in the theme results in the widget being silently ignored","Widget template Handlebars context is limited; access to product or category data within a widget template requires using the storefront's GraphQL API client-side rather than server-side Handlebars context","Widget placements are channel-scoped but widget templates are store-wide; a template change affects all widgets instantiated from it across all channels"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-13T09:24:42.426Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:37.008Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/5016ebec-6b80-4a3f-894b-18b71b66c17c"}