Comments on: Display Different Sidebar for Each Post and Page for WordPress

By: Troy

Troy — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:07:25 +0000

I replaced the with your code exactly in the same spot. Should I place it somewhere else?

By: Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:33:15 +0000

Remember that custom fields are only displayed inside the loop for that specific post. If your code is outside the loop, then you can either run a global wp query to get the custom field, or move this code inside your loop.

By: Troy

Troy — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:03:41 +0000

I have not been able to get this to work. I have tried the following and always get the default sidebar only:

ID, “sidebar”, true);
get_sidebar($sidebar);
?>

Since I am running WP 2.9.2 I also tried:

ID, “sidebar”, true);
include ($sidebar); ?>

and received error that says: ID, “sidebar”, true); include ($sidebar); ?>

where the sidebar should be.

Any thoughts????

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:38:22 +0000

brilliant! exactly what i was looking for. and so simple! why didn’t i think of that? thanks…

By: Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:53:54 +0000

Just tried it on our test blog, and it is working.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:54:03 +0000

Hey there, thank you for the advice! This is just the sort of solution I am looking for.

Unfortunately I followed the instructions and it appears that the custom field is being ignored and the default sidebar is being displayed. My custom sidebar works when it’s hard coded into the Page.php file, but since I want custom sidebars for more than one Page, I’d really like to work this solution to my advantage.

I’m running Wordpress 9.2, thanks for any help you can offer me.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:24:15 +0000

Dear WPB,

I followed your instructions (page, single, even index .php) pages to no avail – I called my file “ailments.php” just … because – perhaps my naming protocal is incorrect?

Perhaps I am have misunderstood: this is exactly what I inserted:

ID, “sidebar”, true);
get_sidebar($sidebar);
?>

Do I need to specify variants somewhere in the code you supplied and if so, where.

I am brand-new to WP…

Many Thanks,
Alexandra Hattingh

By: Sam H

Sam H — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 22:39:52 +0000

for what it’s worth, on wpmu 2.8.6 the code that works is the one mentioned in the article, rather than this comment

By: Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:54:49 +0000

In your single.php or page.php

By: john wood

john wood — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:29:14 +0000

were did u put that code?