Title: sidebar.php Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # sidebar.php * Resolved [Linards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linards/) * (@linards) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/) * Hi, * Im trying to create a theme from scratch, but have one small problem. in index. php file I have ` ` * but I dont have any sidebar.php file in my theme yet, anyhow it renders with ARCHIVES, CATEGORIES and META sections in my theme, but I dont need it yet. When I remove `` it is all fine. Can anyone tell me from where it gets the file to display in y theme? Im creating it on my **localhost** * Many thanks Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 15 total) * [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/) * (@mercime) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/#post-3593026) * > Can anyone tell me from where it gets the file to display in y theme? * gets sidebar.php * Thread Starter [Linards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linards/) * (@linards) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/#post-3593035) * Thanks, * Its’s interesting, because I don’t have sidebar.php in my theme file structure. I tried deleting the default themes too, and see what happens, still the same. I really don’t know from where it pulls it. * [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/) * (@mercime) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/#post-3593036) * What theme are you using? * [detaatsilado](https://wordpress.org/support/users/detaatsilado/) * (@detaatsilado) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/#post-3593038) * help me too icant open login to my site like this ‘Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home/ u143892164/public_html/ wp-content/themes/ home_dealing6/ library/ sidebars.php on line 204′ * [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/) * (@mercime) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/#post-3593039) * detaatsilado I would change theme to Twenty Twelve theme. If that doesn’t work, please start a new topic. * Thread Starter [Linards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linards/) * (@linards) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/#post-3593040) * Thanks [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/), * Im using blank theme from scratch, it’s completely stripped, and im just adding my styles and markup. * Cheers * Thread Starter [Linards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linards/) * (@linards) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/#post-3593042) * There is no sidebar.php file I can edit, but it displays with the GET request anyway. * [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/) * (@alchymyth) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/#post-3593052) * WordPress loads a default template from from _**/wp-inludes/theme-compat/sidebar. php**_ * this is the core code, from _**/wp-includes/general-template.php**_, behind ` get_sidebar()`: * ``` function get_sidebar( $name = null ) { 83 do_action( 'get_sidebar', $name ); 84 85 $templates = array(); 86 if ( isset($name) ) 87 $templates[] = "sidebar-{$name}.php"; 88 89 $templates[] = 'sidebar.php'; 90 91 // Backward compat code will be removed in a future release 92 if ('' == locate_template($templates, true)) 93 load_template( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/theme-compat/sidebar.php'); 94 } ``` * Thread Starter [Linards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linards/) * (@linards) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/#post-3593053) * Thank you alchymyth, * Will try your way straight away after work. So could I just change the last ` if` statement to `false`? Sorry about the dumb question. * Many Thanks * [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/) * (@mercime) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/#post-3593055) * [@linards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linards/) you should not be changing core files which alchyyth referred to above. * Going back to your original post: * > but I dont have any sidebar.php file in my theme yet, anyhow it renders with > ARCHIVES, CATEGORIES and META sections in my theme, but I dont need it yet. * What exactly do you want to do? * Thread Starter [Linards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linards/) * (@linards) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/#post-3593056) * Thank you [@mercime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mercime/), * Im new to PHP, I want to edit(if necessary) the `sidebar.php` file in my blank theme file directory, but how the `sidebar.php` is loaded in my theme from default theme path **_/wp-inludes/theme-compat/sidebar.php_** which alchymyth so kindly explained to me. * Thanks for taking time to investigate * [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/) * (@alchymyth) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/#post-3593059) * > Will try your way straight away after work. So could I just change the last > if statement to false? Sorry about the dumb question. * that was no suggestion to change anything; it was just an explanation why a sidebar shows even if you don’t have the template in your theme. * _**general caveat: do not edit core files**_ * unless you have _sidebar.php _in your theme, do not use the `` in your theme’s templates. * > I want to edit(if necessary) the sidebar.php file in my blank theme file directory * create a sidebar.php template file in your theme; and add the necessary code; if you don’t want any output just yet, add only `` into sidebar. php * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/dynamic_sidebar](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/dynamic_sidebar) * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgetizing_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Widgetizing_Themes) * Thread Starter [Linards](https://wordpress.org/support/users/linards/) * (@linards) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/#post-3593060) * Dear alchymyth, * thank you for your thorough explanation, caveat taken on-board. This is more than I expected. * Cheers * [wandakatja](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wandakatja/) * (@wandakatja) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/#post-3593235) * I’m totally new to WP and any website building. Just teaching myself from forums and YouTube videos and going very slow. * I’m using Imbalance 2 theme, and have a few questions: * 1) How do I delete the Search field in the upper right corner. One forum said to find the “sidebar.php” and delete from there, but I don’t have one. * 2) Also, I don’t seem to have a widgets section. What’s up with that and how do I fix that? * 3) I’m using the 4 column layout and would like to have the big left-hand header be 2 columns wide, so it doesn’t wrap my main web title onto two lines. How? * Thank you in advance for your help! * [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/) * (@alchymyth) * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/#post-3593236) * [@wandakatja](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wandakatja/) * please start your own topic. * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Where_To_Post) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 15 total) The topic ‘sidebar.php’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [Blank](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/blank/) * [problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/problem/) * [sidebar](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sidebar/) * 15 replies * 5 participants * Last reply from: [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/) * Last activity: [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebarphp-6/#post-3593236) * Status: resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics