diff --git a/usr/local/www/widgets/include/dyn_dns_status.inc b/usr/local/www/widgets/include/dyn_dns_status.inc
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+++ b/usr/local/www/widgets/include/dyn_dns_status.inc
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+<?php
+
+//set variable for custom title
+$dyn_dns_status_title = "Dyn DNS Status";
+$dyn_dns_status_title_link = "services_dyndns.php";
+
+?>
diff --git a/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/dyn_dns_status.widget.php b/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/dyn_dns_status.widget.php
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+++ b/usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/dyn_dns_status.widget.php
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+<?php
+/*
+    Original status page code from: services_dyndns.php
+    Copyright (C) 2008 Ermal Lu\xe7i
+    Edits to convert it to a widget: dyn_dns_status.php
+    Copyright (C) 2013 Stanley P. Miller \ stan-qaz
+    All rights reserved.
+
+    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+       this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
+    INClUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
+    AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+    AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
+    OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+    SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+    INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+    CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+    ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+    POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+*/
+/*
+	pfSense_BUILDER_BINARIES:	/usr/bin/host	
+	pfSense_MODULE:	dyndns
+*/
+
+$nocsrf = true;
+
+require_once("guiconfig.inc");
+require_once("pfsense-utils.inc");
+require_once("functions.inc");
+
+/* added the dyn_dns_status.inc file to the .inc directory, 
+copied from dyn_dns_status.inc and edited it to work with this file */
+
+require_once("/usr/local/www/widgets/include/dyn_dns_status.inc");
+
+
+if (!is_array($config['dyndnses']['dyndns']))
+	$config['dyndnses']['dyndns'] = array();
+
+$a_dyndns = &$config['dyndnses']['dyndns'];
+
+function dyndnsCheckIP($int) {
+
+  $ip_address = get_interface_ip($int);
+  if (is_private_ip($ip_address)) {
+    $hosttocheck = "checkip.dyndns.org";
+    $checkip = gethostbyname($hosttocheck);
+    $ip_ch = curl_init("http://{$checkip}");
+    curl_setopt($ip_ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
+    curl_setopt($ip_ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
+    curl_setopt($ip_ch, CURLOPT_INTERFACE, $ip_address);
+    $ip_result_page = curl_exec($ip_ch);
+    curl_close($ip_ch);
+    $ip_result_decoded = urldecode($ip_result_page);
+    preg_match('=Current IP Address: (.*)</body>=siU', $ip_result_decoded, $matches);
+    $ip_address = trim($matches[1]);
+  }
+  return $ip_address;
+}
+?>
+
+<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
+  <tr>
+    <td>
+      <tr>
+        <td width="5%"  class="listhdrr"><?=gettext("Int.");?></td>
+        <td width="15%" class="listhdrr"><?=gettext("Service");?></td>
+        <td width="20%" class="listhdrr"><?=gettext("Hostname");?></td>
+        <td width="20%" class="listhdrr"><?=gettext("Cached IP");?></td>
+      </tr>
+      <?php $i = 0; foreach ($a_dyndns as $dyndns): ?>
+        <tr  ondblclick="document.location='services_dyndns_edit.php?id=<?=$i;?>'">
+          <td class="listlr">
+            <?php $iflist = get_configured_interface_with_descr();
+              foreach ($iflist as $if => $ifdesc):
+                if ($dyndns['interface'] == $if): ?>
+                  <?=$ifdesc; break;?>
+            <?php endif; endforeach; ?>
+          </td>
+          <td class="listlr">
+            <?php
+              $types = explode(",", "DNS-O-Matic, DynDNS (dynamic),DynDNS (static),DynDNS (custom),DHS,DyNS,easyDNS,No-IP,ODS.org,ZoneEdit,Loopia,freeDNS, DNSexit, OpenDNS, Namecheap, HE.net");
+              $vals = explode(" ", "dnsomatic dyndns dyndns-static dyndns-custom dhs dyns easydns noip ods zoneedit loopia freedns dnsexit opendns namecheap he-net");
+              for ($j = 0; $j < count($vals); $j++) 
+              if ($vals[$j] == $dyndns['type']) { 
+                echo htmlspecialchars($types[$j]);
+                break;
+                }
+            ?>
+          </td>
+          <td class="listr">
+            <?=htmlspecialchars($dyndns['host']);?>
+          </td>
+          <td class="listlr">
+            <?php
+              $filename = "{$g['conf_path']}/dyndns_{$if}{$dyndns['type']}" . escapeshellarg($dyndns['host']) . ".cache";
+              $ipaddr = dyndnsCheckIP($if);
+              if(file_exists($filename)) {
+                $cached_ip_s = split(":", file_get_contents($filename));
+                $cached_ip = $cached_ip_s[0];
+                if($ipaddr <> $cached_ip) echo "<font color='red'>";
+                  else echo "<font color='green'>";
+                echo htmlspecialchars($cached_ip);
+                echo "</font>";
+              } else echo "N/A";
+            ?>
+          </td>
+        </tr>
+      <?php $i++; endforeach; ?>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>