How do i manually place a widget code

Question

is there a way that i can place a certain widget any where on the site.

For example:

I'm using the text widget in my sidebar, for the title i put youtube, and i placed the youtube embed code in it.

But i want that widget to go at the top of the site how do i make this possible, while still using the widgets menu, but not show up in the sidebar, but wherever i place it?

If it's not possible, does anyone know of a youtube sidebar widget, one that can let you place the widget code anywhere on the site and also do it from the widgets menu.

Answer 1

Just register another widget area. Don’t take the name sidebar literally, you can use the fields anywhere on your page.

In your theme’s functions.php:

add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'register_multiple_widget_areas' );

function register_multiple_widget_areas()
{
    register_sidebar(
        array(
        'name'          => 'Sidebar',
        'id'            => 'sidebar',
        'description'   => 'describe the function of the box.'
        )
    );
    register_sidebar(
        array(
        'name'          => 'Header',
        'id'            => 'header-widget',
        'description'   => 'Goes at the top of the page.'
        )
    );
}

And wherever you need the header widget call:

dynamic_sidebar( 'header-widget' );

See also register_sidebar() and dynamic_sidebar().

Answer 2

You can use the_widget().