Caching is controlled by users

init.lua

@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ for w, i in pairs(_M) do
         if w ~= "widgets" and w ~= "helpers" then
             -- Place widgets in the namespace table
             widgets[w] = i
-            -- Enable caching for all widget types
-            widget_cache[i] = {}
         end
     end
 end
@@ -215,6 +213,14 @@ function activate(widget)
 end
 -- }}}
 
+-- {{{ Enable caching for a widget
+function enable_caching(widget)
+    if widget_cache[widget] == nil then
+        widget_cache[widget] = {}
+    end
+end
+-- }}}
+
 -- {{{ Update a widget
 function update(widget, reg, disablecache)
     -- Check if there are any equal widgets