diff --git a/app/controllers/registered_sites_controller.rb b/app/controllers/registered_sites_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58698f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/registered_sites_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class RegisteredSitesController < ApplicationController
+
+  def site_count_widget
+    count = RegisteredSite.count
+    {
+      {
+        "extras" => {
+          "total_sites" => count
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/registered_sites/engine.rb b/lib/registered_sites/engine.rb
index 11138fe..13cbb06 100644
--- a/lib/registered_sites/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/registered_sites/engine.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ module RegisteredSites
       OrbitApp.registration "RegisteredSites", :type => "ModuleApp" do
         module_label "registered_sites.registered_sites"
         base_url File.expand_path File.dirname(__FILE__)
+        widget_methods ["site_count_widget"]
+        widget_settings [{"data_count"=>30}]
         authorizable
         taggable "RegisteredSite"
         categorizable