There are plugins that can do this like Widget Context or Widget Logic. If you want your own solution then it’s pretty easy: hook your function with the checkbox on in_widget_form hook your widget update function widget_update_callback (update the widget option) check if the option was checked using the widget_display_callback hook (return false if it … Read more
Write before <?php get_footer(); ?> <?php get_sidebar(); ?> or <?php get_sidebar( $your_custom_sidebar ); ?>
This may help… http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/how-to-exclude-a-category-from-the-sidebar-list-in-wordpress/
You could create your own widget that queries posts from a certain category then displays the_post_thumbnail in an unordered list linking to the post. Example widget (add to functions.php): <?php class c3m_thumbnail_posts extends WP_Widget { function c3m_thumbnail_posts() { $widget_ops = array( ‘classname’ => ‘thumbnail-posts’, ‘description’ => ‘Displays post thumbnails’ ); $control_ops = array( ‘id_base’ => … Read more
I have answered this myself by adding an options page and adding options to the database. The functions are add_option(‘yourpluginoption1′,’value’); add_option(‘yourpluginoption2′,’value’); add_action(‘admin_menu’, ‘yourplugin_menu_’); function yourplugin_menu_() { add_options_page(‘etc etc…
Solved it! I replaced $ww_book_id = $post->ID; with $ww_book_id = get_the_ID(); I’m not sure why $post->ID; was referencing all the posts in the widgetized version of this code. If anyone can tell me, I’d be very curious.
Stupid mistake, I commented this out by mistake in wp-includes/widgets.php line 323: function register($widget_class) { // $this->widgets[$widget_class] = & new $widget_class(); }
I looked for one of these recently, as I have seen them, but I believe they are only bundled with some commercial themes. I ended up making one using CPT’s and jQuery Tools, it was pretty simple. The steps, Create a CPT with only the featured image upload ( to keep ad size to 175px … Read more
function widget_sidebarLogin() { echo “Content of Your Widget”; } wp_register_sidebar_widget( ‘sidebarLoginId’, // your unique widget id ‘SidebarLogin’, // widget name ‘widget_sidebarLogin’, // callback function array( // options ‘description’ => ‘Some Descriptions’ ) );
To make the first post different you could add a post counter and change the output on the first loop. $counter = 0 while ( $cat_posts->have_posts() ) { $cat_posts->the_post(); $counter++; if ( $counter == 0 ) { // Out put the different loop } //Normal loop output