WordPress Widget multiple use

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I created this widget using a simple example on WordPress Codex: 

<?php

function widget_container_latest_posts() {
                             global $wpdb;
                  global $post;
                                get_template_part( '/includes/containers/container-latest-posts' );
}

wp_register_sidebar_widget(
    'widget_container_latest_posts_1',
    'Container Latest Posts',
    'widget_container_latest_posts',
    array( 
    'description' => 'Container Latest Posts - Adds recent posts.'
    )
);
?>

It works fine, but I want this widget to be used multiple times not only one time after I drag it on a sidebar widgets place, and so I can add it on all the other sidebars for example.
Thank

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  1. You need to implement your Widget using the Widgets API, so that WordPress knows how to make multiple instances of the Widget.

    Your Widget declaration should take the following format:

    class My_Widget extends WP_Widget {
    function My_Widget() {
        // widget actual processes
    }

    function form($instance) {
        // outputs the options form on admin
    }

    function update($new_instance, $old_instance) {
        // processes widget options to be saved
    }

    function widget($args, $instance) {
        // outputs the content of the widget
    }

}
register_widget('My_Widget');