Title: custom sidebars Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # custom sidebars * Resolved [carlytx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlytx/) * (@carlytx) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/) * we are not using widgets in our theme. can we still use this plugin? if yes, how would we execute it in the sidebar? * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/q2w3-fixed-widget/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/q2w3-fixed-widget/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Contributor [Max Bond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/max-bond/) * (@max-bond) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/#post-3395582) * Hi! Wait for the next version. I am planing to add custom ID feature. * Thread Starter [carlytx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlytx/) * (@carlytx) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/#post-3395583) * thanks. when will the next version be released? * Plugin Contributor [Max Bond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/max-bond/) * (@max-bond) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/#post-3395605) * carlytx, update to version 2.1 * Thread Starter [carlytx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlytx/) * (@carlytx) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/#post-3395606) * thanks we will try it. * Thread Starter [carlytx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlytx/) * (@carlytx) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/#post-3395607) * just had a few minutes to load the plugin but it is still not clear how to use this in a custom sidebar that does not use the standard WP widgets. * We have used other plugins in the sidebars by executing * `echo do_shortcode.....` * how do we call this plugin in sidebars? * Plugin Contributor [Max Bond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/max-bond/) * (@max-bond) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/#post-3395608) * You need to find html id of the element which you want to fix. Then found, go to plugin settings page. Enter id in the Custom IDs field. * Thread Starter [carlytx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlytx/) * (@carlytx) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/#post-3395610) * sorry but where/how do we find the html id? * Thread Starter [carlytx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlytx/) * (@carlytx) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/#post-3395611) * We tried it with the right sidebar and it seems to work but there are problems. * The right sidebar is fixed but it shifts to the left by about 80-100px onto the content area. The left sidebar does not move at all when we place its id in the settings. * Plugin Contributor [Max Bond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/max-bond/) * (@max-bond) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/#post-3395613) * Looks like markup issues… * Can you give a link to your site? Need to see it myself ) * Thread Starter [carlytx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlytx/) * (@carlytx) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/#post-3395614) * We can’t release the link publicly at this point but I can send you a link to the test site location if you can provide a direct email address. thanks. * Plugin Contributor [Max Bond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/max-bond/) * (@max-bond) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/#post-3395615) * You can send e-mail to me from this page: [http://www.q2w3.ru/contacts/](http://www.q2w3.ru/contacts/) * Plugin Contributor [Max Bond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/max-bond/) * (@max-bond) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/#post-3395616) * carlytx, I saw your site. * What can I say… Your current markup is incompatible for my plugin ( You are using absolute positioning for right sidebar – that is a very bad choice… especially when it switches to fix positioning. * A advise your to change your markup. You have a lot of bad things there! * Thread Starter [carlytx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlytx/) * (@carlytx) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/#post-3395617) * ok, thanks. * Thread Starter [carlytx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carlytx/) * (@carlytx) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/#post-3395618) * just changed the right sidebar to relative and it now seems to work to some degree but still problems with positioning. We will play around with it and see if we can get it to work. thanks for your help. * Plugin Contributor [Max Bond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/max-bond/) * (@max-bond) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-sidebars-1/#post-3395619) * carlytx, i think to apply fix positioning to the whole sidebar is not a good idea. You need a good wrapper around you fixed content. Sidebar is a good wrapper. Do not fix it. Try to fix elements inside the sidebar. 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