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Frontpage widgets

5 replies · Started by Alvaro on June 2, 2016

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June 2, 2016 at 3:56 am #198847

Hi,

I want to show frontpage specific 3 column widgets areas.

I have created 3 new widget areas in my child-theme's functions.php.

I've managed to show the widgets using the generate_after_content hook.

Question: How can I show this widgets only in the frontpage?

I'm not certain how and where to put the if ( is_front_page() ) conditional tag.

Thanks.

June 2, 2016 at 9:12 am #198910

Hi there,

Do the built in Footer Widgets not work for you?

You would wrap that conditional around the content of your function. Are you using GP Hooks or a PHP function?

June 2, 2016 at 9:27 am #198919

Thanks Tom. This is what I'm using in my child's functions.php to create the widget areas and hook them to GP: http://pastie.org/10861881

So, I'm not sure were to put the conditionals…

I just want this widget areas in my frontpage. It's a way to get a custom frontpage using widgets.

Thanks.

Álvaro

June 2, 2016 at 9:30 am #198920

At the start of your function, do something like this:

add_action( 'generate_before_footer', 'appacdm_frontpage_widgets' );
function appacdm_frontpage_widgets() {

    if ( ! is_front_page() )
        return;

    // Get frontpage widgets to show
    ?>

    // The rest of your code...
}

June 2, 2016 at 2:01 pm #198992

Awesome! I was confused with my conditionals… yours worked perfectly.

Thanks.

Álvaro

PS: great job with GeneratePress, BTW. I feel I'll be using it often.

June 2, 2016 at 4:10 pm #199023

You're welcome. Glad you're enjoying GP :)

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