Title: modify page widget parameter
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# modify page widget parameter

 *  Resolved [shizzlepdx503](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shizzlepdx503/)
 * (@shizzlepdx503)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-page-widget-parameter/)
 * I want to know how to remove the sub pages of the parent page in the pages widget.
   I use a plugin to display subpage links on the parent page therefore don’t need
   them to show up in the navigation part of the sidebar (navigation is the page
   widget).
 * Here is the link to better explain I guess:
 * [http://www.acworthcomputers.com/test/](http://www.acworthcomputers.com/test/)
 * Under Navigation > Members, I don’t want the subpages displayed.
 * I am using the Greenline 1.0 template
    [http://themes.wordpress.net/columns/3-columns/1659/greenline-10/](http://themes.wordpress.net/columns/3-columns/1659/greenline-10/)
 * This is what I have in my sidebar.php which wasn’t making it work either even
   if I removed the widget from the sidebar
 *     ```
       <ul id="sidebarleft">
       <?php if ( function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') && dynamic_sidebar(1) ) : else : ?>
   
        <li id="categories"><?php _e('<h2>Categories</h2>'); ?>
       	<ul>
       	<?php wp_list_cats(''); ?>
       	</ul>
        </li>
   
        <li id="archives"><?php _e('<h2>Archives</h2>'); ?>
        	<ul>
       	 <?php wp_get_archives('type=monthly'); ?>
        	</ul>
        </li>
   
       <h2>Navigation</h2>
          <ul><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/">
                <?php wp_list_pages("title_li=&depth=1&sort_column=menu_order ");?></li></a></ul>
   
       <?php endif; ?>
       		</ul>
       ```
   
 * I know that the parameter that needs to be changed is:
    `depth=1` I just don’t
   know if there is something in the widgets.php file that needs to be edited or
   something cause I have changed the `title_li=&depth=1&sort_column=menu_order`
   to `title_li=&depth=0&sort_column=menu_order` with no avail!
 * Any Ideas?

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-page-widget-parameter/#post-572760)
 * If it is the category widget in 2.2, then look at wp-includes/widgets.php in 
   the 578-640 line area.
 * Lines 329-352 for the pages widget.
 *  Thread Starter [shizzlepdx503](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shizzlepdx503/)
 * (@shizzlepdx503)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-page-widget-parameter/#post-572771)
 * so what is it that I need to do with that code? which I will paste here:
 *     ```
       function wp_widget_pages($args) {
       	extract($args);
       	$options = get_option('widget_pages');
       	$title = empty($options['title']) ? __('Pages') : $options['title'];
       	echo $before_widget . $before_title . $title . $after_title . "<ul>\n";
       	wp_list_pages("title_li=");
       	echo "</ul>\n" . $after_widget;
       }
   
       function wp_widget_pages_control() {
       	$options = $newoptions = get_option('widget_pages');
       	if ( $_POST["pages-submit"] ) {
       		$newoptions['title'] = strip_tags(stripslashes($_POST["pages-title"]));
       	}
       	if ( $options != $newoptions ) {
       		$options = $newoptions;
       		update_option('widget_pages', $options);
       	}
       	$title = attribute_escape($options['title']);
       ?>
       			<p><label for="pages-title"><?php _e('Title:'); ?> <input style="width: 250px;" id="pages-title" name="pages-title" type="text" value="<?php echo $title; ?>" /></label></p>
       			<input type="hidden" id="pages-submit" name="pages-submit" value="1" />
       <?php
       }
       ```
   
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-page-widget-parameter/#post-572823)
 * In the [template tag](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags), [wp_list_pages()](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_pages),
   use the **depth=1** parameter.
 *  Thread Starter [shizzlepdx503](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shizzlepdx503/)
 * (@shizzlepdx503)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-page-widget-parameter/#post-572872)
 * Alright so after much fideling with the code, I removed all the widgets from 
   the left sidebar and put in the code at the top of sidebar.php it works, however
   I am unable to add any widgets due to the navigation section disapears and only
   the widgets appear. Is there a list of the codes that I can look at to see how
   to add widgets to sidebar.php manually? Like how would I display the calendar
   using code rather then the auto widget?
 * Thanks for the help MichaelH, I really appreciate it. I am learning alot through
   all of this. Maybe in the end I will be a widget pro… lol 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [shizzlepdx503](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shizzlepdx503/)
 * (@shizzlepdx503)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-page-widget-parameter/#post-572874)
 * Nevermind I figured out the calendar, I just used:
 *     ```
       <li id="calendar"><h2>Calendar</h2>
               <ul><?php get_calendar(); ?></ul></li>
       ```
   
 * and voila presto a calendar appears, that amazing… LOL!
 * Thanks again.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-page-widget-parameter/#post-572875)
 * Yes, it works like that: either widgets or manual editing of the sidebar.php 
   file. You cannot have both.
 * And whatever is **outside** of the
    `<?php if ( function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')...
   etc` and the closing `endif` – will appear regardless.
 *  Thread Starter [shizzlepdx503](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shizzlepdx503/)
 * (@shizzlepdx503)
 * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/modify-page-widget-parameter/#post-573197)
 * Thanks moshu.

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