[Support request] category page sidebar has 3 columns, should be a single column

[Cathryn]

Hi,
Between the customizer and the Elements areas, I’ve been going back and forth trying to set my blog pages like so:

General blog page — just content (no sidebar) with masonry excerpts, 3 columns. [WORKS FINE]

Single post page — content, right sidebar (with 2 widgets – recent posts & categories) [WORKS FINE]

Category page — content, right sidebar, same as above. [THIS IS WONKY]

What’s happening is the category sidebar has 3 columns! Please see here: https://www.ace4safetrails.org/category/agencies/

Sorry, but it’s really confusing going between the 2 areas – customizer and elements to adjust things… Can you please shed some light on this?

thank you.

[Fernando]

Hi Cathryn,

The Query Loop Block isn’t intended to appear on archive pages – thus, the issue. Try adding this snippet:

add_filter( 'post_class', function( $classes ) {
	if ( ! is_admin() && in_array( 'gb-query-loop-item', $classes ) ) {
		$index = array_search('generate-columns',$classes);
if($index !== FALSE){
    unset($classes[$index]);
}
		
	}

	return $classes;
} );

Adding PHP: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/adding-php/#code-snippets

It should fix the issue.

Let us know how it goes.

[Cathryn]

Sorry, Fernando, I added the snippet, it’s been activated but there’s no change:
https://www.ace4safetrails.org/category/agencies/
Thanks again for your help!!

[Fernando]

I see. Can you provide admin login credentials? I’ll take a closer look.

Please use the Private Information field for this: https://docs.generatepress.com/article/using-the-premium-support-forum/#private-information

[Cathryn]

OK, information provided.

[Fernando]

I modified the code above. Can you try updating the code you have with that?

[Cathryn]

Thank you, this worked. I understand that normally, the archive pages wouldn’t pull in the ‘recent posts’, but we’re just getting started so the pages are rather empty and this looks very nice for now.

I appreciate your help!

[Fernando]

You’re welcome, Cathryn!

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