Title: two sidebars?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# two sidebars?

 *  [kthxbai2u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kthxbai2u/)
 * (@kthxbai2u)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-sidebars-1/)
 * First, here is the site I am questioning about:
    [kthxbai2u.com](http://kthxbai2u.com/)
 * If I wanted another sidebar on the left, could I just add it in the template 
   code and it will automatically allow me to add widgets to it?
 * I was just going to resize some divs and float another div left… Would that work?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-sidebars-1/#post-1320575)
 * If you want different sidebar content, you’d need to create another sidebar template
   file. Try copying sidebar.php and renaming the copy sidebar-two.php. You can 
   then call this new sidebar using `<?php get_sidebar('two');?>` in your template(
   s).
 *  Thread Starter [kthxbai2u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kthxbai2u/)
 * (@kthxbai2u)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-sidebars-1/#post-1320663)
 * oh ok I will give it a try and post my results! Thanks for the nudge in the right
   direction!
 *  Thread Starter [kthxbai2u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kthxbai2u/)
 * (@kthxbai2u)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-sidebars-1/#post-1320675)
 * Well, you helped me get another sidebar… thanks!
 * but now I am wondering how I would go about duplicating the dynamic sidebar to
   make a second (seperate) sidebar?
 * Anyone happen to know where the function “dynamic_sidebar” is? I would like to
   clone it 🙂
 * <<EDIT>>
 * Ok, so I figured it out… I copied sidebar into a new file, “sidebar-left.php”
 * Next I edited the newly duplicated sidebar-left.php (from /wp-content/themes/
   your_theme/) and changed the line `<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')
   || !dynamic_sidebar() ) : ?>`
    to `<?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar')
   || !dynamic_sidebar(2) ) : ?>`
 * Next, I opened functions.php (again, from /wp-content/themes/your_theme/)
 * I cloned a section of code (as shown below) `if ( function_exists(‘register_sidebar’)){
   
   register_sidebar(array( ‘before_widget’ => ”, ‘after_widget’ => ”, ‘before_title’
   => ‘<h2>’, ‘after_title’ => ‘</h2>’, )); }
 * if ( function_exists(‘register_sidebar’) ){
    register_sidebar(2); }`
 * Next you edit page.php and index.php and right after `<?php get_header; ?>` you
   add in the following: `<?php include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar-left.php'); ?>`
 * Now all you need to do is customize sidebar-left.php and also drag/drop dynamic
   widgets to sidebar 2!
 * Full tutorial at [kthxbai2u.com](http://kthxbai2u.com/)

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 * Last reply from: [kthxbai2u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kthxbai2u/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/two-sidebars-1/#post-1320675)
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