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How to generate and display widgets areas dynamically?

I want display different content in sidebar for every category, but as I create new ones I have to create the area for it. How can I have widget areas for every category and also display them on theme ...
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Get sidebars depending on page

Is there a way to get only the sidebars used on a particular page? Using: global $wp_registered_sidebars; $widget_map = wp_get_sidebars_widgets(); Can get me all of the sidebars, but I'm ...
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Hooking a function onto the sidebar?

I'm looking for a way to add some content to the top of the sidebar when it get's loaded. I've tried hooking onto the get_sidebar action as referenced here, but it seems to override the sidebar call ...
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How to change font in title of sidebar widget [closed]

I'm not sure if this question belongs in the CSS forum or the WordPress forum... At this link to my wordpress site: http://richardclunan.com/ in the sidebar, there's a title for a widget "GET FREE ...
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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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Dynamic Sidebars based on page name

I would like to do a dynamic sidebar for my WordPress site, so it would pull in the correct Sidebar template based on the page title of the page. So if I had 10 sidebars all named like this: Sidebar ...
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Can you have seperate sidebars for multiple taxonomy archives?

I have a site that uses multiple query taxonomy archives. i.e www.sitename.com/taxonomy1/taxonomy2/taxonomy3 Is there a plugin or method to create a dedicated sidebar for each queried taxonomy ...
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Adding link to dashboard sidebar, nested under custom post type

I hope there is an easy answer for this, as it doesn't seem like it should be difficult and could make my backend much easier for other's to use. I'm trying to add links to custom post types - that ...
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Which tabs widget plugin for wordpress is better?

I see there are a lot of plugins to create tabbed widget in side-bar: Fun with tabs Post 2 tabs Hybrid Tabs Wordpress Tabs Slides AmR Tab Menu Navigation Tabbed Widgets Which one is the best in ...
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Widget content turns up before title

I've recently been trying to create a 'Popular Products' widget for for WP e-Commerce. Since there isn't built-in functionality, I referred to Dave Mackintosh's post here and gave it a shot. Still no ...
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How do you Permanently Delete Sidebars

I'm developing a custom theme and I added some widgetized sidebars like so: register_sidebars(2, array('name'=>'Foobar %d')); I then recreated them so that I could give them semantic names. Like ...
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Submenu in sidebar custom page template

i would like to show the submenu of my page in a custom page template on the left side in a Sidebar-area. Does any know the code for showing the submenu. Wordpress 3.4.1 Thanks a lot!!!
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ReadWriteWeb-like sidebar scrolling

Does a Wordpress plugin exist that allows one to have a sidebar that scrolls unevenly with the main content section for posts / pages that are longer than the length of the sidebar? I saw this on ...
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List child terms and posts in the current term

With this code parent term page lists all the child terms and the child term page lists all of the posts in current term, and the single page lists a big flat list of terms(hierarchical). Now, The ...
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register_sidebar_widget is deprecated since version 2.8! Use wp_register_sidebar_widget() instead

I turned on my Debugger and got this error... Notice: register_sidebar_widget is deprecated since version 2.8! Use wp_register_sidebar_widget() instead. in ...
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Is it possible to control content on different pages by checkboxing wich content is shown where on a wordpress theme page?

i have created a sidebar in my wordpress site. i want this sidebar to be displayed on each of my pages and subpages in their respective admin editors. i want the sidebar to contain a list of ...
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Single Widget Multi Sidebar

I wrote a widget that has multiple output format based on type dropdown list. I intend to use this widget on both left and right sidebars. The problem however is it only shows up on one sidebar either ...
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Limiting number of posts on sidebar.php [closed]

1 - Sidebar is pulling all posts from "Recent News". How could you limit it to X? http://www.joaoalexandre.com/wordpressteste/blog-2/ sidebar.php: http://pastebin.com/evUXXy7v 2 - "Testimonials" is ...
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Persistent sidebar.php [closed]

This sidebar does not let itself be aligned either on the left or on the right, so that the content below (the posts) can be placed next to it. Sidebard on one side, posts on the other. This is the ...
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is_home() and is_single() Not Working as Expected with Custom Post Types?

(Moderators note: Was originally titled: "Custom post type problem?") I'm having some problems with custom post types where everything is working great except for the sidebars. Here is some code ...
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Use ajax request to load sidebar

For a project, i've to improve SEO perf and one of this optimization is to load the sidebar with an ajax request. I've looking for this solution through the documentation, source code, plugins ...
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What is the best way to change sidebars based on custom taxonomy terms?

I would like to load different right and left sidebars depending on a custom taxonomy term. If there is no term from this custom taxonomy, then just load the default sidebar.php and sidebar-right.php ...
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Add a specific css to a widget

I have a theme with a sidebar and 3 widgets. I want to change the color of one of those widgets. The problem is that all the widgets have the same code: <div class="box_outer"> <div ...
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what is the best way to add things to a side bar

I have a user that is wanting to be able to add items to the side bar (images / text) I'm rather new to wordpress development - fulltime c# developer, so I'm at a loss for a solution. Can anyone ...
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Including Custom Post Types in “Recent Posts” Widget

I'm able to easily include my custom post types into my main loop by making small adjustments with query_posts(), but I'm not sure how I would go about including custom post types in the "Recent ...
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How do I hook a sidebar via add_action?

On one of my templates I have an action hook 'do_xyz' I want to attach a custom sidebar to the action hook do_xyz Here is what I am trying in my theme functions.php file, does not work: ...
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Video Embed in Sidebar Widget with Links to Others in Category

I am trying to re-create the sidebar widget found here: http://www.clinicalforensicpsychology.org/ The links below the shown video are linked to the post category "videos". I have tried most every ...
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How to create a linked tag list in my sidebar

I'm looking for a solution to display a tag list that shows how many times the tag has been used in posts as well as link to a list of results. I found a php code snippet you posted on the Wordpress ...
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Remove Sidebar for Pages on Canvas Wootheme [closed]

In the Canvas WooTheme you can add custom CSS code. I need some code to hide the sidebar on all pages (or specific pages if possible). But I need to keep it on all posts. I don't just want it ...
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Add multiple images to a page sidebar

What I am trying to achieve is this: I have a simple page and I want to dynamically add multiple images to it on the sidebar one underneath another. I was thinking about either using meta boxes, post ...
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2answers
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how can I remove the sidebar from my wp homepage [closed]

What's the best practice when it comes to removing the sidebar on the wordpress homepage? I'm using wp Version 3.2.1 and Skeleton Child Theme 1.6
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Manual display of widget

I currently have a widget that needs to be manually displayed on the front page. The rest of the pages it shows up in the widget sidebar, (this is accomplished with 'Widget Logic') but on the front ...
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How do I set the pages on my blog so a sidebar appears on each blog post? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Worpress twenty eleven sidebar on Pages How do I set the pages on my blog so a sidebar appears on each blog post? (With 'pages' on my site, I can pick 'Default ...
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Where is the content of widgets stored in mysql table

I have the cPanel access to a website but no wordpress login info. So I wants to change a widget content in the website. How can I change it through phpmyadmin. Where are that widgets sidebar data ...
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Multiple, Dynamic, Sidebars Problem - First Sidebar not working properly

This is my function: function ec_register_sidebars() { register_sidebars( 3, array( 'name' => 'Sidebar %d', 'id' => "sidebar-$i", 'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" ...
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How to exclude categories from a sidebar with active widgets in it?

Is there a way to exclude certain categories from a widgetised sidebar? I've got categories that are associated with custom post types and ones associated with my blog - I don't want to display the ...
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How can I assign widgets from WP to appear in bbpress?

The usual set-up: www.domain.com - wordpress installation with sidebars and widgets; www.domain.com/forum - bbpress. BBpress is integrated via bbpress-integration plugin. The question is - how can I ...
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Make “sidebar template” the default template for new pages

On Twenty Eleven or on its child themes the default template for new pages is a template with no sidebar. I don't know why this is like this; it seems to me that the designers of Wordpress are still ...
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How to show post(excerpt) from specific category on wp page?

I need this on 3 pages, all 3 from different categories, and then to show several post excerpts from all 3 categories in sidebar of home page.
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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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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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Random image from tag/custom type on sidebar

How would I pull a single random image from custom post type "athletes" and the custom image field "athletethumbnail" to be displayed in my sidebar? (I have PHP enabled for my text widget on sidebar.) ...
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Accessing Media/Files outside the_content

I'm building a site and each post has a PDF file attachment. Is there a way I can access that file outside the_content() on a single post page? I'd like to put the file attachment in a sidebar and not ...
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How to add a list of all galleries to my sidebar?

I'm using Wordpress 3.3.1 and trying to figure out how I can modify my sidebar to include a list of all the galleries. I see wp_get_posts and the like...but nothing for galleries?
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Sharing Dynamic Sidebars across Multisite Blogs

I'm trying to find away to retrive a dynamic sidebar from one blog and print it on another blog in the same install of Wordpress Multisite. I have tried switch_to_blog($blog_id); ...
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Custom per-page sidebar widgets .. possible?

Let's say I'm doing a site about cars, and in the main content area of a Page (using a certain template), there are a few paragraphs about a particular car. In the sidebar, are several standard ...
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How can I use Page editor for two separate templates?

On some of my pages (not posts) in my Wordpress site, I need to include a sidebar that display s information relevant to the main content of the page the user is on. I can choose, using Edit Page in ...
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Get number of widgets in sidebar

How can I get the number of widgets that are active on a specific sidebar? Is there a core function for this? I want to add a class to each widget on a sidebar based on how many of them are ...
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How can I detemine the parameters needed by the_widget()?

I'm working with an old (now unmaintained) widget, which only allows one instance. Since I want to have a different sidebar on the homepage and I want this widget on both sidebars, I figure I need to ...
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Exclude current post ID from loop in sidepbar.php

Currently all the below bit of code is doing is showing 3 random posts from the same category that the current page resides in. So if the current page falls in the artists category, for example, show ...

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