diff --git a/src/Widgets/BlogArchiveWidgetController.php b/src/Widgets/BlogArchiveWidgetController.php
index 5aa1956..cea77c6 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/BlogArchiveWidgetController.php
+++ b/src/Widgets/BlogArchiveWidgetController.php
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace SilverStripe\Blog\Widgets;
 
-if (!class_exists('\\SilverStripe\\Widgets\\Model\\Widget')) {
+use SilverStripe\Widgets\Model\WidgetController;
+
+if (!class_exists(WidgetController::class)) {
     return;
 }
 
-use SilverStripe\Widgets\Model\WidgetController;
-
 class BlogArchiveWidgetController extends WidgetController
 {
 
diff --git a/src/Widgets/BlogCategoriesWidgetController.php b/src/Widgets/BlogCategoriesWidgetController.php
index 2c69336..2780e79 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/BlogCategoriesWidgetController.php
+++ b/src/Widgets/BlogCategoriesWidgetController.php
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace SilverStripe\Blog\Widgets;
 
-if (!class_exists('\\SilverStripe\\Widgets\\Model\\Widget')) {
+use SilverStripe\Widgets\Model\WidgetController;
+
+if (!class_exists(WidgetController::class)) {
     return;
 }
 
-use SilverStripe\Widgets\Model\WidgetController;
-
 class BlogCategoriesWidgetController extends WidgetController
 {
 
diff --git a/src/Widgets/BlogRecentPostsWidgetController.php b/src/Widgets/BlogRecentPostsWidgetController.php
index c1bea04..a3399ad 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/BlogRecentPostsWidgetController.php
+++ b/src/Widgets/BlogRecentPostsWidgetController.php
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace SilverStripe\Blog\Widgets;
 
-if (!class_exists('\\SilverStripe\\Widgets\\Model\\Widget')) {
+use SilverStripe\Widgets\Model\WidgetController;
+
+if (!class_exists(WidgetController::class)) {
     return;
 }
 
-use SilverStripe\Widgets\Model\WidgetController;
-
 class BlogRecentPostsWidgetController extends WidgetController
 {
 
diff --git a/src/Widgets/BlogTagsCloudWidgetController.php b/src/Widgets/BlogTagsCloudWidgetController.php
index a620b9f..1f04d4e 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/BlogTagsCloudWidgetController.php
+++ b/src/Widgets/BlogTagsCloudWidgetController.php
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace SilverStripe\Blog\Widgets;
 
-if (!class_exists('\\SilverStripe\\Widgets\\Model\\Widget')) {
+use SilverStripe\Widgets\Model\WidgetController;
+
+if (!class_exists(WidgetController::class)) {
     return;
 }
 
-use SilverStripe\Widgets\Model\WidgetController;
-
 class BlogTagsCloudWidgetController extends WidgetController
 {
 }
diff --git a/src/Widgets/BlogTagsWidgetController.php b/src/Widgets/BlogTagsWidgetController.php
index 413fc84..bd99dfa 100644
--- a/src/Widgets/BlogTagsWidgetController.php
+++ b/src/Widgets/BlogTagsWidgetController.php
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 namespace SilverStripe\Blog\Widgets;
 
-if (!class_exists('\\SilverStripe\\Widgets\\Model\\Widget')) {
+use SilverStripe\Widgets\Model\WidgetController;
+
+if (!class_exists(WidgetController::class)) {
     return;
 }
 
-use SilverStripe\Widgets\Model\WidgetController;
-
 class BlogTagsWidgetController extends WidgetController
 {