diff --git a/plugins/home-react/src/alpha/blueprints/HomePageWidgetBlueprint.tsx b/plugins/home-react/src/alpha/blueprints/HomePageWidgetBlueprint.tsx
index 755713a363..4cd38754fa 100644
--- a/plugins/home-react/src/alpha/blueprints/HomePageWidgetBlueprint.tsx
+++ b/plugins/home-react/src/alpha/blueprints/HomePageWidgetBlueprint.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   createExtensionBlueprint,
   ExtensionBoundary,
 } from '@backstage/frontend-plugin-api';
+import { attachComponentData } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import {
   CardExtension,
   CardExtensionProps,
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ export const HomePageWidgetBlueprint = createExtensionBlueprint({
   output: [homePageWidgetDataRef],
   *factory(params: HomePageWidgetBlueprintParams, { node }) {
     const isCustomizable = params.settings?.schema !== undefined;
+    const widgetName = params.name ?? node.spec.id;
     const LazyCard = lazy(() =>
       params.components().then(parts => ({
         default: (props: CardExtensionProps<Record<string, unknown>>) => (
@@ -105,10 +107,18 @@ export const HomePageWidgetBlueprint = createExtensionBlueprint({
       </ExtensionBoundary>
     );
 
+    attachComponentData(Widget, 'core.extensionName', widgetName);
+    attachComponentData(Widget, 'title', params.title);
+    attachComponentData(Widget, 'description', params.description);
+    attachComponentData(Widget, 'home.widget.config', {
+      layout: params.layout,
+      settings: params.settings,
+    });
+
     yield homePageWidgetDataRef({
       node,
       component: <Widget {...(params.componentProps ?? {})} />,
-      name: params.name,
+      name: widgetName,
       title: params.title,
       description: params.description,
       layout: params.layout,
diff --git a/plugins/home/report-alpha.api.md b/plugins/home/report-alpha.api.md
index 83f1bb15c9..4568fc8c2a 100644
--- a/plugins/home/report-alpha.api.md
+++ b/plugins/home/report-alpha.api.md
@@ -175,16 +175,16 @@ export const homeTranslationRef: TranslationRef<
     readonly 'widgetSettingsOverlay.deleteWidgetTooltip': 'Delete widget';
     readonly 'widgetSettingsOverlay.submitButtonTitle': 'Submit';
     readonly 'starredEntityListItem.removeFavoriteEntityTitle': 'Remove entity from favorites';
-    readonly 'visitList.few.title': 'The more pages you visit, the more pages will appear here.';
-    readonly 'visitList.empty.description': 'Once you start using Backstage, your visits will appear here as a quick link to carry on where you left off.';
     readonly 'visitList.empty.title': 'There are no visits to show yet.';
-    readonly 'quickStart.description': 'Get started with Backstage';
+    readonly 'visitList.empty.description': 'Once you start using Backstage, your visits will appear here as a quick link to carry on where you left off.';
+    readonly 'visitList.few.title': 'The more pages you visit, the more pages will appear here.';
     readonly 'quickStart.title': 'Onboarding';
+    readonly 'quickStart.description': 'Get started with Backstage';
     readonly 'quickStart.learnMoreLinkTitle': 'Learn more';
     readonly 'visitedByType.action.viewMore': 'View more';
     readonly 'visitedByType.action.viewLess': 'View less';
-    readonly 'featuredDocsCard.empty.description': 'Create your own document. Check out our Getting Started Information';
     readonly 'featuredDocsCard.empty.title': 'No documents to show';
+    readonly 'featuredDocsCard.empty.description': 'Create your own document. Check out our Getting Started Information';
     readonly 'featuredDocsCard.empty.learnMoreLinkTitle': 'DOCS';
     readonly 'featuredDocsCard.learnMoreTitle': 'LEARN MORE';
   }