I have a wordpress widget on my footer with contact details and the widget has editable fields:
Title
Email
Phone
Fax
Address
How can I edit this widget to include additional fields? I am new to wordpress and I am unsure if this is possible. In the help documentation for the widget it says the following:
How do I add additional fields to the contact widget?
Adding additional fields to the contact widget is as simple as adding a WordPress filter.
Here is an example:
add_filter( 'wpcw_widget_contact_custom_fields', function( $fields, $instance ) {
$fields['cellphone'] = [
'order' => 2,
'label' => __( 'Cellphone:', 'YOURTEXTDOMAIN' ),
'type' => 'text',
'description' => __( 'A cellphone number that website vistors can call if they have questions.', 'YOURTEXTDOMAIN' ),
];
return $fields;
}, 10, 2 );
However I am unsure as to where I would have to add this information
Widgets were originally designed to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress Theme to the user, which is now available on properly "digitized" WordPress Themes to include the header, footer, and elsewhere in the WordPress design and structure. Widgets require no code experience or expertise. They can be added, removed, and rearranged on the Theme Customizer or Appearance > Widgets in the WordPress Administration Screens.
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if the widget don't have optionnal fields options altering it with new code can be the wrong approach. If the widget is updated you will loose your update.
The right way is to create a new widget with all the functions you need, maybe you can fork the existing widget and implementing your field.
Or you can just edit the footer.phpand including the widget logic in it.
Docs :
Widget api
Template development in wordpress
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Hi I would like to add metaboxes under custom settings page which is under a custom post type. I can create metaboxes for custom post types also I can create a theme options. But can't find any way to add the metaboxes on a custom settings page. Like my post type hierarchy is like below:
Products
- All item
- Add Item
- Product Category
- Product Settings
I want to add the metaboxes & create a options page on that settings page. Can you please guide me through this one.
I've been trying to follow this gist but can't find a way.
https://github.com/WebDevStudios/CMB2-Snippet-Library/blob/master/options-and-settings-pages/theme-options-cmb.php
Also can you let me know if I can achieve something by tweaking this code where key|value operates
$cmb = new_cmb2_box( array(
'id' => $this->metabox_id,
'hookup' => false,
'show_on' => array(
// These are important, don't remove
'key' => 'options-page',
'value' => array( $this->key, )
),
) );
I've created the settings page by this code
add_submenu_page('edit.php?post_type=ch_product_showcase', 'Product Showcase Settings', 'Showcase Settings', 'edit_posts', basename(__FILE__), array( $this, 'chProductShowcaseSettingsOptions') );
I've done it many times. Use this code and tweak it to your needs:
https://gist.github.com/turtlepod/5203512
Found as a link in the comments of this page:
https://gist.github.com/bueltge/757903
Originally posted here:
Wordpress - Add meta box to options page
Normally I don't like answering with links to another site, but in this case the code is on gist and hopefully will never go away!
Client needs an website to migrate into WordPress.
In this website each page has an sidebar with different content inside it
In some page accordion comes under sidebar, in some just text and images are visible
How to implement this in WordPress?
If template has to be created, there are many page it cant be done so
Even for every page different sidebar widget is not also possible
Guide me a way to implement this
A different sidebar (widget) are can be added to each page in two steps:
Add the sidebar to the theme template using the page slug as part of the sidebar name. This ensures that the sidebar has a unique name for that page.
Register the sidebars for each page in functions.php for your theme
Add the sidebar to the theme template
In your theme template, add the following code where you want the widget area to be:
<?php
global $post;
dynamic_sidebar( 'widget_area_for_page_'.$post->post_name );
?>
Register the sidebars
In functions.php for your theme add the following block of code to register the sidebars for each page in your site. Note that it includes draft pages etc so that you can edit the widgets while still in draft mode.
function myTheme_registerWidgetAreas() {
// Grab all pages except trashed
$pages = new WP_Query(Array(
'post_type' => 'page',
'post_status' => array('publish', 'pending', 'draft', 'auto-draft', 'future', 'private', 'inherit'),
'posts_per_page'=>-1
));
// Step through each page
while ( $pages->have_posts() ) {
$pages->the_post();
// Ignore pages with no slug
if ($pages->post->post_name == '') continue;
// Register the sidebar for the page. Note that the id has
// to match the name given in the theme template
register_sidebar( array(
'name' => $pages->post->post_name,
'id' => 'widget_area_for_page_'.$pages->post->post_name,
'before_widget' => '',
'after_widget' => '',
'before_title' => '',
'after_title' => '',
) );
}
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'myTheme_registerWidgetAreas' );
Hope it helps!
There's a great plugin for this:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-sidebars/
Sometimes it is necessary to show different elements on the sidebars
for some posts or pages. The themes nowadays give you some areas to
put the widgets, but those areas are common for all the posts that are
using the same template. NOTE: You need to use a theme that accepts
widgets to make this plugin work.
I think this is what you're looking for.
This can be done with the https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/ plugin. Once activated you can choose what widgets display on what pages:
The Widget Visibility module enables you to configure widgets to appear only on certain pages (or be hidden on certain pages) by using the Visibility panel.
Visibility is controlled by five aspects: page type, category, tag, date, and author. For example, if you wanted the Archives widget to only appear on category archives and error pages, choose “Show” from the first dropdown and then add two rules: “Page is 404 Error Page” and “Category is All Category Pages.”
Just tried custom-sidebars with the latest version of wp. Had a hard time deleting it. Database is still messy. Plugin did not work. Maybe the 'pro' version is useful, but the 'non-pro' version would not add a sidebar to the page. It was clunky and did not allow per-page sidebars. It says its not been tested with the latest wp, maybe that's the problem.
You can create custom sidebar for for each post and pages with the help of plugin. There are a few plugins which enables you to create your custom sidebar. Here in this tutorial we are using Easy Custom Sidebars. Download and install this plugin in your website and activate it.
After successfully activating the plugin go to Appearance > Sidebar Replacement
From this page give a name to your custom sidebar and click on the Create Sidebar button. After that go to the Sidebar Properties option. Here you need to select the properties where you want to replace your created custom sidebar instead of theme sidebar. You can view your available option in the drop-down menu. Select it and provide a description on the Sidebar Description field.
Now in the last step select the post or pages to add this custom sidebar. You can see all the option in the left column. You can select specific post, page, category , tag, author to add this sidebar. Just select it and click Add to sidebar option.
For better understanding you can follow this tutorial
I'm developing a wordpress website and I've added some custom fields. They work just fine, but I wanted to reposition them in the admin editor.
So for example you have the WYSIWYG editor with some little widgets on the side, like categories, publish widget and so on. Some of my custom fields are just checkboxes, so I was wondering if it was possible to put those in the admin sidebar, rather than sticking them underneath the WYSIWYG editor.
How can that be achieved?
Check the documentation for add_meta_box.
add_meta_box(
$id,
$title,
$callback,
$post_type,
$context,
$priority,
$callback_args
);
$context - The part of the page where the edit screen section should be shown ('normal', 'advanced', or 'side').
I've created a custom post type in wordpress called Product, and created a custom box called "What's Included". How would I create an "Add New Included Item", to create dynamic boxes?
It would look similar to how you can add multiple custom fields, but instead of one field, it's a "What's Included" object.
Any ideas?
'What’s Included' => array(
array( '_wi_title', 'Title'),
array( '_wi_thumbnail', 'Thumbnail'),
array( '_wi_title', 'Description', 'textarea')
),
Have you considered using a custom taxonomy? Sounds like it would fit your needs perfectly, although it is indeed possible to create a dynamic form in a custom meta box. A non-hierarchal taxonomy would allow you to repeat items you include often, as well.
I'm a drupal newbie who needs some advice...
I have a news list block at homepage, created with View Module. It is listing all added news' title and link. Everything is cool so far. Now I need to add an ON/OFF option at admin side for homepage news block. When the setting is ON, it will work as it is. When it is OFF, only the titles will be listed with no linking to news detail page.
So, now where should I add this ON/OFF option? I have only add/edit/delete pages for each news, there is no common news page to add such option. Should I create an admin page with such ON/OFF option in? Also I think I need to create a db table to keep this ON/OFF status. and controlling this value at homepage block, if it is 1 or 0, and displaying links according to db value :/
it looks too long way
Create db table
Create an page with ON/OFF option in
add php codes to update db for admin's choice
get the db value in homepage block to display links, etc.
is there any shorter, better way to do what I need?
Appreciate helps so much!!! Thanks a lot!!
You definitely don't need to create any database tables for something like that. If you want a basic admin page, you will need to write a simple module though. First follow this quick start guide for setting up a basic module. (Note: You don't need to add those database queries in your .install file)
Once you have your module enabled...
1) In your mynewmodule.module file, add a menu entry to tell Drupal where your admin page can be accessed:
function mynewmodule_menu() {
return array(
'admin/settings/mynewmodule' => array(
'title' => 'My New Module',
'description' => 'Change settings for news display.',
'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form',
'page arguments' => array('mynewmodule_admin_form'),
'acces callback' => 'user_access',
'access arguments' => array('administer site configuration'),
),
);
}
2) Also in your mynewmodule.module file, add a function to create the form you just referenced in the menu entry:
function mynewmodule_admin_form() {
$form = array();
$form['mynewmodule-on-off-switch'] = array(
'#type' => 'checkbox',
'#title' => t('Enable news links'),
'#description' => t('Control whether news items are linked to stories'),
'#default_value' => variable_get('mynewmodule-on-off-switch', 1),
);
return system_settings_form($form);
}
3) Clear your cache to make Drupal recognize your admin page (you need to clear any time you make changes to mynewmodule_menu()). You can clear it here: admin/settings/performance
4) Visit admin/settings/mynewmodule to see your admin form. The way it works is when you save the configuration, Drupal will save a variable called "mynewmodule-on-off-switch" (same name as the array key in the form) to the variables table in the database. You can get this value anywhere by using variable_get().
create a form at admin/settings/on-off-switch.
on the form submit function, variable_set('on/off switch', $value) (try using booleans for the value).
then on the view theme, check for variable_get('on/off switch', $default_value) before printing the links.
Drupal's weakness, IMHO, is the sheer number of admin settings to configure to get a site up, and you don't want to be adding to that.
What I would do is to have the view expose two different blocks, one with the full view, one with the abbreviated view. Then all the configuration can be done through the block interface, which will be much more flexible in the long run. By, for example: using wildcards or php code for block visibility; showing different views to users with different roles; allowing visitors to control which view they see; exposing the two views to the theming engine more cleanly; and integration with any other module that works with blocks.