Custom Sidebar for specific category

  • Resolved TomCobbley

    (@tomcobbley)


    9 years, 1 month ago

    I have a Custom Sidebar setup which works well for posts that I choose to use it on.

    However, I want the sidebar to show for a specific category too. I’ve enabled this in the ‘sidebar location’ options and checked the box ‘as Sidebar for selected categories’ and then entered the category in the box below.

    When I look at that category, the default sidebar shows, not the custom one that I’ve chosen 🙁

    I was wondering if this is a feature that I need the Pro version for, or should it work OK on the free version?

    • This topic was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by TomCobbley.
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  • jdailey

    (@jdailey)

    9 years, 1 month ago

    Custom Sidebars Free does not have any limitations at this point. The categories feature should be working. Could you share a little more information about your setup so we can try and help get this sorted for you? What version of PHP are you running, what theme do you have active, and a link to your site would be a big help. Looking forward to your reply.

    Thread Starter TomCobbley

    (@tomcobbley)

    9 years, 1 month ago

    I have the site installed on a test server for development and issue happens on both this and my main site.

    This is a post with the custom sidebar working.
    http://mobalsite-001-site1.1tempurl.com/japan/japan-plans-recycle-phones-medals/

    This is the category that should be displaying the custom sidebar, but as you can see the default one is showing.
    http://mobalsite-001-site1.1tempurl.com/japan/

    PHP version is 5.4.7.

    I can send you a login to the site if you like – although I can’t see a way on here to send a private message.

    Thanks for your help.

    Amin – WPMU DEV Support

    (@wpmudev-support2)

    9 years, 1 month ago

    Hello @tomcobbley,

    Option Sidebar for selected categories works on the posts that are in selected category. To show that sidebar on category pages you have to use For Archives -> Category Archives

    Can you check if you have that option also selected?

    kind regards,
    Kasia

    Thread Starter TomCobbley

    (@tomcobbley)

    9 years, 1 month ago

    That’s fixed it!

    Many thanks for your help folks.

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