The is_active_sidebar(‘Test’); function works correctly if the correct slug is used. I think that the problem is that you are constructing the sidebar ID like this: $sidebarID = preg_replace(“/[\s_]/”, “-“, strtolower($page->post_title)); Then prepending sidebar- to it … register_sidebar(array( ‘name’ => $page->post_title, ‘id’ => ‘sidebar-‘.$sidebarID, // But you are using the unmodified title as the slug … Read more
For shortcodes you have to return the output for it to be written out where the shortcode appears. Either turn your HTML into a PHP string rather than breaking out of the PHP tags or you can use PHPs output buffering methods like so: ob_start(); ?> <div id=”player_<?php echo $id; ?>” class=”video_player”><a href=”http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/”>Get the Flash … Read more
Workaround using jQuery DOM insertion. Note the use of PHP Heredoc sintax to print the script. function wpse_53035_script_enqueuer(){ echo <<<HTML <script type=”text/javascript”> jQuery(document).ready( function($) { $(‘<div style=”width:100%;text-align:center;”><img src=”http://cdn.sstatic.net/wordpress/img/logo.png?v=123″></div>’).insertBefore(‘#welcome-panel’); }); </script> HTML; } add_action(‘admin_head-index.php’, ‘wpse_53035_script_enqueuer’); This inserts the new div at the top before #welcome-panel. If you use the div #dashboard-widgets-wrap it prints in the same … Read more
Hook into ‘dynamic_sidebar’ and count how often it is called. You get the current active sidebar with key( $GLOBALS[‘wp_registered_sidebars’] ). add_action( ‘dynamic_sidebar’, ‘wpse_96681_hr’ ); function wpse_96681_hr( $widget ) { static $counter = 0; // right sidebar in Twenty Ten. Adjust to your needs. if ( ‘primary-widget-area’ !== key( $GLOBALS[‘wp_registered_sidebars’] ) ) return; if ( 0 … Read more
This can be solved using custom meta fields in the user profile (only visible to administrators) and then making an individual dashboard widget containing this meta (only visible if certain criteria is met). Adding fields to the user profile page can be done: 1) manually Following Justin Tadlock’s tutorial: Adding and using custom user profile … Read more
I know this is a super old question, but searching for solutions 8 years later didn’t yield many results aside from this unresolved question (and a few other vague answers). Nothing I found on this site worked for me so if others arrive on this page looking for a way to limit a widget-area to … Read more
Try moving registration of Sidebar sidebar to be first. I had an impressions that widget should move to that special “unassigned” area in this situation, but maybe that only works between themes, not changes in same theme.
I like the answer you found, but I thought I’d tack on another. You could create another sidebar area that’s only displayed on the front page, and then use the “Duplicate Widget” plugin to maintain two instances of a single plugin. It has slightly higher overhead, but becomes much easier to maintain for someone who … Read more
This highly depends on what you need. General answer on the question The Rewrite API basically does all the URl rewrite stuff. The Shortcode API is meant to be an easy to use extension approach for people who want to extend their posts/content with the text/html editor. As an alternative, you also/extend use the quicktag … Read more
I just had the same issue, which I resolved by changing all my IDs to classes. Remember that widgets can be used multiple times on page, so specifying an ID anywhere increases the likelihood that you’ll have ID duplication (Which will in turn cause jQuery to have a fit).