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.textwidget div has ridiculous width for some reason [closed]

I have custom made sidebars, and tried testing them, however main sidebar (on the right) doesn't look like it should do, I assume this is because .textwidget div generated by wordpres has width of ...
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35 views

How to increase maximum number of sidebars support?

How can i use more than 20 sidebars in wordpress. I'm working on a big information portal, and I need big amaunt of sidebars (about 40, I guess). So I have 20 sidebars now and when I add one more it ...
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Add #sidebar-2 to a custom page template

I registered a few custom sidebars, and the corresponding code in my version of TwentyTwelve theme now looks like this: register_sidebar( array( 'name' => __( 'Sidebar #1', 'twentytwelve' ...
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1answer
26 views

Custom sidebar not showing in the dashboard

I am trying to create a new sidebar. For that I have used the following code: In functions.php if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) register_sidebar(); if ( function_exists ...
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1answer
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Copy Widget Settings because of changed IDs

I want to update a customers blog to a child theme that is based on a newer version of the actual deployed theme. My problem is, the developers of the theme changed the IDs of sidebars. In the old ...
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Registering Sidebars and Sidebar Widgets. Sidebar Widgets Not Displaying

I am registering sidebars and sidebar widgets. The theme currently supports two sidebars. Primary and Secondary. add_action('widgets_init', array($this, 'add_sidebars'), 10, 2); public function ...
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1answer
38 views

How to troubleshoot Sidebar not being generated

I'm building a custom theme. My sidebar is not being generated at all. In functions.php, I have: if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) { register_sidebar(array( 'name' => ...
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3answers
118 views

Showing sidebar-2 on custom template page

Environment: WP 3.5, Twenty Twelve child theme. I created a custom template. Now, I'd like to display the built-in sidebar-2 in this custom template page (instead of the default sidebar-1). sidebar-2 ...
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81 views

Custom page sidebar using Template dropdown box

i am wondering how i go about making a Template for some of my pages to use a different sidebar? I have created the widget like this: register_sidebar(array( 'id' => 'ourPat-sidebar', ...
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1answer
41 views

duplicate sidebar

I have a problem with a sidebar. I have 4 sidebars: "Essential", "Essential+", "Premier" and "Premier+". register_sidebar( array( 'name' => __('Essential Plan'), ...
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2answers
34 views

finding sidebar content in wordpress

Hey all i have been trying to find the content that loads up for a page for a few days now and can not seem to find where its located. This is the WP code that seems to populate the content: if ( ...
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261 views

Wordpress widget/sidebar dividers?

I have a widget sidebar, but I'd like dividers between them. I can achieve this in CSS using boring borders, but I have a png image I'd rather use instead. Is there a way to insert a divider after ...
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159 views

Register/Get sidebar?

I can't quite seem to figure out how it works. By default i have a sidebar in sidebar.php that i load using get_sidebar();. That works great (no need to register it), but i have a custom page ...
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2answers
167 views

Creating a different side bar for single posts than for main page.

How can I create a different side bar for single posts than for main page? At the moment I have 2 working one for pages and one for the blog thanks this is how it looks in funtions.php // Register ...
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2answers
540 views

Get sidebar parameters (before_widget, before_title, etc.) from within a widget

Is it possible to dynamically get sidebar parameters from within a widget? That is, I am trying to access the before_widget/after_widget/before_title/after_title/name parameters of the containing ...
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1answer
168 views

Widget not saving to sidebar area [closed]

I am still learning WordPress while in the process of creating a new theme for myself. On the homepage, I want to display two widgets in the main content area. I have set up two sidebars (Homepage A ...
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1answer
337 views

Best practices: Custom theme sidebar menu - hardcode or widget?

Is it best to hardcode a sidebar menu using functions.php or sidebar.php OR use the custom menu widget? Are there times when each is appropriate?
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2answers
1k views

How to wrap the widget content with a div or get the widget title outside?

Is there a way to get the widget title outside of the widget area like this: <ul> <li> <h2 class="widgettitle">The title here</h2> <div class=""widget> ...
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1answer
240 views

Unique widget id in sidebar

This is my sidebar code register_sidebar(array( 'name' => 'Post Sidebar', 'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">', 'after_widget' => ...
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1answer
197 views

Sidebar widget not displaying after simple code update.

I registered a sidebar widget, then modified the registration which included changing the registered name of the widget. Now the widget does not show at all. Below are the steps I took. I registered ...
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1answer
131 views

Why is registering a sidebar for each page causing my sidebars to reset?

I have the following code in my functions.php if ( function_exists('register_sidebars') ){ $pages=get_pages(); foreach($pages as $page){ ...
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1answer
174 views

activate custom sidebar widgets

Hey guys I'm trying to activate a sidebar for wp widgets. So my HTML looks like this: <aside id="leftSidebar"> <section> <h3></h3> <div ...
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1answer
611 views

dynamic_sidebar not rendering sidebar

I have the following code // in functions.php register_sidebar(array( 'before_widget' => '<section>', 'after_widget' => '</section>', 'before_title' => '<h3>', ...
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2answers
159 views

adding multiple sidebars on pages

I am using twentyten theme and I want there to be two sidebars on my page - one on the left and the second on the right. Can any one tell me how to do that?
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1answer
112 views

Why is my custom sidebar always open on the widgets screen in Admin?

I've created a custom sidebar with this code in my theme's functions.php: register_sidebar(array( 'name' => __('Article - Below Content'), 'id' => 'zg-article-footer', ...
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1answer
441 views

More flexible sidebar and widget management

I’d like to have a plugin for a flexible sidebar/widget management. In fact, I want to give a user the possibility to choose which sidebar should be displayed per page/post. I know there are many ...
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1answer
282 views

Custom sidebars - get_sidebar() problems

I want to have different sidebars on different pages. So firstly I registered a few basic sidebars in functions.php. So they will be always there no matter where I move my theme. Let's name them ...
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2answers
2k views

List all sidebar names?

I'm listing all sidebars like that: global $wp_registered_sidebars; echo '<pre>'; print_r($wp_registered_sidebars); echo '</pre>' So I'm getting something like: Array ( ...
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1answer
721 views

Sidebar Generator? :)

I'm tired of editing functions.php every time I want to add/remove a sidebar. I know there is Sidebar Generator plugin, but I wanted to develop something on my own that will work out of the box ...
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1answer
966 views

Content not showing up when using custom template + sidebar

I am working on a user dashboard for my site using wp user front end and Mingle. I decided the best way to integrate this is by creating a custom sidebar and using that in a new template, which I did. ...
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1answer
1k views

Get list of all registered sidebars

I am registering sidebars automatically for each category (a separate widget space per category). The technique I'm using is here. In the admin side I have an options page where I need to display a ...