How to create square gradient?

Hi there
I'd like to ask how to create a square gradient in Photoshop such as this one :
I'd like the white to radiate from a square shape, just as in the example image I have there, and not like Photoshop readily offers from a curcle within a square, i.e. the radial gradient, as PS calls it.
Cheers!

I am a big fan of the Vignette tool in Camera RAW. It produces amazingly soft gradients that are hard to duplicate.
So if you have CC, fill a layer with white, convert to a Smart Object, and use the Camera RAW filter. Go to the fx tab, and in the Post crop vignette set the Amount and Roundness slider all the way to the left, and adjust the Feather slider to suite. OK that, and se the layer blend mode to Multiply.
Duplicate the layer to increase density, or lower opacity to reduce it.

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