[Resolved] How to register/display multiple sidebars

[Peter Islin Nielsen]

You’ve previously helped me with setting up a custom sidebar on WooCommerce pages. Now I need to display another sidebar on a custom post type called “Nyheder”. I’ve copied and changed all theme files as you instructed me to do the last time – but how do I get my functions.php file to display it? This is how my functions.php looks now – I need to register and display the sidebar “Nyheder Sidebar”:

function arphabet_widgets_init() {

	register_sidebar( array(
		'name'          => 'WooCommerce Sidebar',
		'id'            => 'woocommerce_sidebar',
		'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget inner-padding %2$s">',
		'after_widget'  => '</aside>',
		'before_title'  => apply_filters( 'generate_start_widget_title', '<h4 class="widget-title">'),
		'after_title'   => apply_filters( 'generate_end_widget_title', '</h4>' ),
	) );
	register_sidebar( array(
		'name'          => 'Nyheder Sidebar',
		'id'            => 'nyheder_sidebar',
		'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget inner-padding %2$s">',
		'after_widget'  => '</aside>',
		'before_title'  => apply_filters( 'generate_start_widget_title', '<h4 class="widget-title">'),
		'after_title'   => apply_filters( 'generate_end_widget_title', '</h4>' ),
	) );

}

add_action('widgets_init','arphabet_widgets_init');

add_action('generate_woocommerce_sidebars','generate_contsruct_sidebars');
function generate_contsruct_sidebars()
{
	get_sidebar('woocommerce');
	
}

I think I need help with the last lines. Thanks 🙂

[Tom]

Hi Peter,

Not sure if I’ve asked you or not, but wouldn’t a plugin like this work?: https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-sidebars/

[Peter Islin Nielsen]

Yep, it probably would 🙂 But on this specific project I would like to register and display it via functions.php if possible. Thanks!

[Tom]

You could try something like:

add_action( 'get_footer','generate_post_type_sidebars', 0 );
function generate_post_type_sidebars()
{
	if ( 'your-post-type' ==! get_post_type() )
		return;
	
	do_action( 'generate_post_type_sidebars' );
}

add_action('generate_post_type_sidebars','generate_construct_post_type_sidebars');
function generate_construct_post_type_sidebars()
{
	get_sidebar('posttype');
	
}

That would assume you had a file named: sidebar-posttype.php

[Peter Islin Nielsen]

Tom, you’re the real MVP 🙂 Thanks!

[Tom]

No problem! 🙂

[Peter Islin Nielsen]

Hi Tom,

I’m afraid I’m doing something wrong here. When I use this:

add_action( 'get_footer','generate_post_type_sidebars', 0 );
function generate_post_type_sidebars()
{
	if ( 'nyheder' ==! get_post_type() )
		return;
	
	do_action( 'generate_post_type_sidebars' );
}

add_action('generate_post_type_sidebars','generate_construct_post_type_sidebars');
function generate_construct_post_type_sidebars()
{
	get_sidebar('nyheder');
	
}

…the sidebar displays on all posts – not only the custom post type (called “nyheder”). And why does it contain the “get_footer” part? Thanks.

[Tom]

Any chance you can show me your page template for the post type?

[Peter Islin Nielsen]

Hi Tom,

I decided to use a plugin like you said, so it’s all good now 🙂 But when you find the time, it would be cool with a guide of some sort in your knowledgebase, where it’s explained how to setup multiple sidebars and widgets in GeneratePress. Just a thought.

[Tom]

I agree – this would be a good knowledgebase post.

On my list 🙂

[Author]

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