Create widget area in wordpress dashboard pages section? - php

Question

How to create a widget area in wordpress pages section. if I add below code in my functions.php file the widget created in dashboard menu section I want to add additional widget in my pages section not in dashboard.
Add a widget to the dashboard.
//This function is hooked into the 'wp_dashboard_setup' action below.
function example_add_dashboard_widgets() {
wp_add_dashboard_widget(
'example_dashboard_widget', // Widget slug.
'Example Dashboard Widget', // Title.
'example_dashboard_widget_function' // Display function.
);
}
add_action( 'wp_dashboard_setup', 'example_add_dashboard_widgets' );
Create the function to output the contents of our Dashboard Widget.
function example_dashboard_widget_function() {
// Display whatever it is you want to show.
echo "Hello World, I'm a great Dashboard Widget";
}

Answer 1

you should register sidebar in functions.php as
if (function_exists('register_sidebar')) {
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'widget_name',
'id' => 'widget-id',
'description' => 'Type something here',
'before_widget' => '<div id="one" class="two">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h2>',
'after_title' => '</h2>'
));
}
it will register sidebar(widget) in your dashboard. Now you can you is it anywhere by
<?php dynamic_sidebar('widget-id'); ?>

Answer 2

This function already exists in default theme
function twentyfourteen_widgets_init() {
require get_template_directory() . '/inc/widgets.php';
register_widget( 'Twenty_Fourteen_Ephemera_Widget' );
register_sidebar( array(
'name' => __( 'Primary Sidebar', 'twentyfourteen' ),
'id' => 'sidebar-1',
'description' => __( 'Main sidebar that appears on the left.', 'twentyfourteen' ),
'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</aside>',
'before_title' => '<h1 class="widget-title">',
'after_title' => '</h1>',
) );
register_sidebar( array(
'name' => __( 'Content Sidebar', 'twentyfourteen' ),
'id' => 'sidebar-2',
'description' => __( 'Additional sidebar that appears on the right.', 'twentyfourteen' ),
'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</aside>',
'before_title' => '<h1 class="widget-title">',
'after_title' => '</h1>',
) );
register_sidebar( array(
'name' => __( 'Footer Widget Area', 'twentyfourteen' ),
'id' => 'sidebar-3',
'description' => __( 'Appears in the footer section of the site.', 'twentyfourteen' ),
'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</aside>',
'before_title' => '<h1 class="widget-title">',
'after_title' => '</h1>',
) );
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'twentyfourteen_widgets_init' );
you can create multiple widget area by copy and pasting this and chage the id every time
register_sidebar( array(
'name' => __( 'new area', 'twentyfourteen' ),
'id' => 'sidebar-5',
'description' => __( 'Appears in the footer section of the site.', 'twentyfourteen' ),
'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</aside>',
'before_title' => '<h1 class="widget-title">',
'after_title' => '</h1>',
) );
}

Answer 3

In function.php add:
function create_widget($name, $id, $description) {
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => __( $name ),
'id' => $id,
'description' => __( $description ),
'before_widget' => '<div id="'.$id.'" class="widget %1$s %2$s">',
'after_widget' => '</div>',
'before_title' => '<h3>',
'after_title' => '</h3>'
));
}
create_widget("Header", "uptop", "Displays in the header of the site, above the title"); // Create the actual widgets
Then add next code in place u wanna use this area, for example in your header.php:
<?php if ( !dynamic_sidebar('uptop') ); ?>