Create & Use Dynamic Sidebar in WordPress

if you looking for a way to create a new sidebar area, to add widget and show on different part of website(footer,header,left, right or main content section), you can use dynamic_sidebar() function.



<?php
//register new sidebar
register_sidebar(
	array( 'id' => 'Sidebar_Name', 
		'name' => 'Sidebar Name'
	)
);
?>

<?php

//register new sidebar

register_sidebar(

array( 'id' => 'Sidebar_Name',

'name' => 'Sidebar Name'

)

);

Call and use new registered sidebar by using dynamic_sidebar() function in any theme PHP file.



<?php
// Call the new sidebar
dynamic_sidebar("Sidebar_Name"); 
?>

<?php

// Call the new sidebar

dynamic_sidebar("Sidebar_Name");

After that, you can see the new sidebar in backend’s widget area:

you can use following parameters with register sidebar:

‘description’
‘class’
‘before_widget’
‘after_widget’
‘before_title’
‘after_title’

More read at: https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_sidebar

Nick

Wednesday, 03 February 2016 / Published in PHP, Web developing, Wordpress