Don't display if empty?

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(@mmcginnis)

11 years, 7 months ago

Would it be possible to make it so that this widget does not display if it’s empty? This code works well and could possibly be incorporated: https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/hide-empty-widget#post-5400343

I need this for instances where I have a shortcode in a widget, which sometimes renders content and sometimes does not. For instance, a related posts shortcode that returns nothing when there are no related posts. In that case, I don’t want the empty widget-div’s adding padding in my sidebar.

Thanks in advance for considering it!

https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/black-studio-tinymce-widget/

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Plugin Author Marco Chiesi
(@marcochiesi)

11 years, 7 months ago

Hi Michelle,
I think this could be easily done. I’m just wondering if this behavior (don’t display markup around empty widgets) should be applied by default, or it should be controlled using a hook.

Thread Starter FriendlyWP
(@mmcginnis)

11 years, 7 months ago

Marco, fantastic! Either way works for me – I’m a developer and have no trouble adding the additional hook into a theme or plugin file. I agree I don’t know if this would be desired by default – could there be people out there who want a widget to display with just the title, no content, for instance? I wouldn’t put it past them. 😉

Whatever results in less headache / upkeep for you long term would be my choice. Thanks again for considering it!
Plugin Author Marco Chiesi
(@marcochiesi)

11 years, 7 months ago
Hi Michelle,
I’ve included the filter in the current dev version available on Github (the ZIP link is on the right). Please could you take a test?
It should be used as followd:
```
add_filter( 'black_studio_tinymce_hide_empty', '__return_true' );
```
Thread Starter FriendlyWP
(@mmcginnis)

11 years, 7 months ago

Wow thanks Marco! I tested and as far as I can tell it works perfectly. THANK YOU! (I’ve also thanked you via PayPal 😉 )

Let me know if you ever need add’l help beta testing, I’m always working on WP sites and am happy to help out.

Michelle

Plugin Author Marco Chiesi
(@marcochiesi)

11 years, 7 months ago

Hi Michelle,
thanks a lot for your donation. If you want to help with beta testing you are more than welcome: just keep an eye on the GitHub repo (you may use the “Watch” feature if you have a GitHub account).
Cheers.

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