get_sidebar hook in get_sidebar() is action, not a filter. It doesn’t expose template (just sidebar name) and doesn’t allow to modify data either. There is no clean way to override internal logic of get_sidebar(), you’ll have to approach it in some different way.
Your code seems a little superfluous; I’m pretty sure you could compact it to simply: <?php do_action( ‘before_sidebar’ ); if ( ! $sidebar = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), ‘_cmb_test_select’, true ) ) $sidebar=”sidebar-1″; // Default sidebar if meta value does not exist. if ( ! dynamic_sidebar( $sidebar ) ) : ?> <!– No widgets for selected sidebar, … Read more
Why isn’t my registered sidebar showing up in the admin?
Retrieving category post is assigned to is rather straightforward with get_the_category(). However note that post can be easily placed into multiple categories and you will need some (quite elaborate) logic if you want to apply any particular sorting logic to it. From looking at your code however it’s not clear how exactly category/post/sidebar are tied … Read more
This line is your problem add_action( ‘widgets_init’, ‘ohsik_widgets_init’, 12); You are deregistering your sidebar correctly. For some reason you are registering it, or something. I don’t see the need or use for this. The other possibility that I’m thinking of for using this code is that somewhere you are registering your own custom sidebars. If … Read more
Provided not showing the sidebar is the only difference you really want between the way pages are displayed, you can load the sidebar conditionally with something like this in your page.php (or whatever file your theme is using to load the page): <?php if ( strpos($_SERVER[‘REQUEST_URI’],’/register’) == false ) { // if requested uri DOESN’T … Read more
I finally figured it out – I was missing the line extract($args); inside function widget($args, $instance). Now everything works as expected.
it’s a little difficult to debug something when no errors are being displayed. i’d first check your php error logs, which normally appear in ….\logs\php_error.log or ….\logs\apache_erroe.log depending on your php.ini settings. chances of getting an immediate answer to your question will be difficult unless you can provide the actual error that’s popping up.
If you want you can use this plugin: PHP Text Widget This allows you to use a text widget and use your choice of php codes in the text widget and achieve whatever you want. I hope this helps
Two ways you can do that, You can write a new short code for e.g [check_sumbit] and then use it in side bar, and that short should check if form is submitted correctly You can use php code as you mentioned in your question using some plugins that allow php code in widgets. For e.g. … Read more