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How to create a widgetized sidebar for every category dynamically?

Not a good thing if you have a lot of categories, so be careful! First, add the following function in functions.php: add_action( ‘widgets_init’, ‘generate_widget_areas’ ); function generate_widget_areas() { //Do not create for uncategorized category $terms = get_categories(‘exclude=1&hide_empty=0’); foreach ($terms as $term) { register_sidebar( array( ‘name’ => ‘Category ‘.$term->name, ‘id’ => $term->slug.’-widget-area’, ‘description’ => ‘Widget area … Read more

Add class to before_widget for all widgets with a dropdown and a counter

The CSS classes are applied in the function dynamic_sidebar(). There is no specific filter for that: // Substitute HTML id and class attributes into before_widget $classname_ = ”; foreach ( (array) $wp_registered_widgets[$id][‘classname’] as $cn ) { if ( is_string($cn) ) $classname_ .= ‘_’ . $cn; elseif ( is_object($cn) ) $classname_ .= ‘_’ . get_class($cn); } … Read more

Get custom field values into the sidebar/widget?

Definitely doable with tons of different ways to accomplish it. Basically, you can use a widget that allows for the execution of PHP or modify your theme files to execute PHP in the sidebar. The main function you will need is get_post_meta. You also need to access the post/page/CPT ID. You can use code like … Read more

How do I hook a sidebar via add_action?

Explanation There’s the global array $wp_filters. This array stores some sub arrays. One for each priority. Each sub array then contains an array for each callback added. And the keys for those sub-sub arrays are the attached functions. Example If you do the following, somewhere in your code (preferable after the init hook): echo ‘<pre>’; … Read more

bloginfo(‘stylesheet_directory’) vs. get_stylesheet_directory_uri() and include(‘file.php’) vs. get_template_part()

get_stylesheet_directory_uri() returns a value, it doesn’t print anything. So you have to use: echo get_stylesheet_directory_uri(); get_template_part() is just a wrapper for locate_template(). But the latter has one advantage: It returns the path of the file it has found. Try the following: $path = locate_template( ‘sidebar-front.php’, TRUE ); echo $path;

Add div class to only one widget

You have two possible solutions. 1. The widget_display_callback filter hook This filter hook parameters allows you to target easily the widget instance and override it’s arguments. A possible approach would be: Inside the filter callback, modify the arguments for that instance, display it and then return false to prevent it from being displayed again the … Read more

Show missing Sidebar from Gutenberg admin area

No code changes are necessary, it can be done entirely in the UI. Sidebars appear in the 3 dot drop down menu, the star is just a way to add a shortcut to the top toolbar, e.g. here are the Yoast and Jetpack sidebars listed: Clicking on those options brings up their sidebars, as well … Read more

Custom per-page sidebar widgets .. possible?

You want the Widget Logic Plugin if you’re going to use widgets to do this. However, as you have guessed, this is not the best way to do this. I think the best way to achieve what you want to do is to create a custom widget that accesses the posts information if it detects … Read more

Adding ‘current_post_item’ class to current post in the loop

You should be able to get the queried object id and use that for comparison inside your custom loop.. Before your existing loop code(what you have posted above), but obviously after the opening PHP tag.. global $wp_query; $current_id = $wp_query->get_queried_object_id(); Then somewhere inside your custom WP loops.. if( $current_id == get_the_ID() ) { // This … Read more

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