Title: side bar shortcode
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# side bar shortcode

 *  Resolved [mcnaden](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcnaden/)
 * (@mcnaden)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/side-bar-shortcode/)
 * Hello,
 * I would like to manually place contextly in my right sidebar. Is there shortcode
   for the sidebar module that I could place in a text widget?
 * Thanks.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/contextly-related-links/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/contextly-related-links/)

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 *  Plugin Author [rsingel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rsingel/)
 * (@rsingel)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/side-bar-shortcode/#post-5567546)
 * Hi McNaden,
 * Our current post story display is controlled by the short-code [contextly_main_module].
 * You can try placing that in the sidebar, but that will override it showing at
   the end of the post.
 * We have plans to support the siderails in WP with other kinds of recommendations
   in the near future.
 * Thanks for checking us out.
 * Best,
 * Ryan Singel
 *  [brianadragon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianadragon/)
 * (@brianadragon)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/side-bar-shortcode/#post-5567788)
 * I also want to be able to have related posts in my sidebar. I hope that you’ll
   add this feature soon. With nrelate shutting down, I need a new way to show related
   posts in my sidebar.
 *  Plugin Author [rsingel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rsingel/)
 * (@rsingel)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/side-bar-shortcode/#post-5567789)
 * Thanks for letting us know. Hearing from publishers helps us figure out what 
   to build out next.
 * Siderail modules are definitely coming. We want to make sure we do it well and
   give folks good options for this.
 * We definitely hear you on it. I’m going to mark this “feature request” as resolved.
 * Best,
 * RS
 *  [ludakriss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ludakriss/)
 * (@ludakriss)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/side-bar-shortcode/#post-5567848)
 * I want this too. Right now I have to use a different plug in for the sidebar,
   that looks different.
 * Do you have any ETA for this? It is what makes me think twice before deciding
   to pay for this or not (currenty free trial)
 *  [bsac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bsac/)
 * (@bsac)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/side-bar-shortcode/#post-5567849)
 * Siderails are coming soon. We expect these to be in production in about 4 weeks,
   possibly less.
 * Best,
    Ben
 *  anonymized-14239226
 * (@anonymized-14239226)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/side-bar-shortcode/#post-5567850)
 * +1
 *  anonymized-14239226
 * (@anonymized-14239226)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/side-bar-shortcode/#post-5567851)
 * That brings up another point to consider:
 * Contextly is referring to WordPress Sidebars as “Siderails” and calling your 
   in-post items as “Sidebars”
 * This seems to be a Contextly quirk. WordPress and WP developers know sidebars
   as a very specific thing.
 * I’d suggest the organization swaps these two terms going forward to avoid further
   confusion.
 *  Plugin Author [rsingel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rsingel/)
 * (@rsingel)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/side-bar-shortcode/#post-5567852)
 * Hi Blair,
 * Thanks for the suggestion.
 * Contextly works with many CMSes, and it’s unfortunate that WordPress uses the
   term sidebar in the way it does, as that’s not it’s meaning in the publishing
   industry generally. A sidebar outside of WordPress refers to other contextual
   information that is included near or embedded in a story – like an infographic.
 * Since we work with many CMSes, we need to stick with Siderail and Sidebars. We
   are referring to our Sidebars more consistently as In-story Sidebars.
 * Sincerely,
 * RS
 *  anonymized-14239226
 * (@anonymized-14239226)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/side-bar-shortcode/#post-5567853)
 * Well, I did not know that. Stupid WordPress 😉
    Thanks for the reply and the 
   knowledge. 🙂

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