Add new sidebar location

Hi there,

That code is just for registering the widget area.

You need to place a dynamic_sidebar( 'inside-container-sidebar' ); to your target area for the actual sidebar location to show up on the front-end.

If you’re trying to add this on a container block inside a content, you may have to wrap the mentioned function to a helper shortcode.

Example:

add_shortcode('inside_container_sidebar',function(){
    ob_start();
    // Start your PHP below
    dynamic_sidebar( 'inside-container-sidebar' );
    // End your PHP above
    return ob_get_clean();
});

You then place [inside_container_sidebar] shortcode on a shortcode block inside a container block of your choosing. ??

Thank you for the quick response.

I did this and it seems to work…

<?php
/**
 * GeneratePress child theme functions and definitions.
 *
 * Add your custom PHP in this file. 
 * Only edit this file if you have direct access to it on your server (to fix errors if they happen).
 */
 
 function my_inside_container_widgets_init() {

	register_sidebar( array(
		'name'          => 'Inside Container Sidebar',
		'id'            => 'inside-container-sidebar',
		'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget inner-padding %2$s">',
		'after_widget'  => '</aside>',
		'before_title'  => apply_filters( 'generate_start_widget_title', '<h4 class="widget-title">'),
		'after_title'   => apply_filters( 'generate_end_widget_title', '</h4>' ),
	) );
}
add_action('widgets_init','my_inside_container_widgets_init');

add_action( 'generate_inside_container', function() {
dynamic_sidebar( 'inside-container-sidebar' );
} );

Is that what you said to do?

Also, thank you for showing me the shortcode option. That’s pretty cool and I may use that in the future for something else.

I greatly appreciate your help. Thanks!

I see you’re using add_action. That’s actually preferrable over making a shortcode.

I only suggested it because I thought you wanted to add it witihn the content which has no hooks. ??

But if generate_inside_container is what you meant it to be added on then that’s perfect. ??

I hope you are doing well. I really appreciate you helping me with this. Everything is working perfectly.

Thank you very much!

Nice one. No problem. Glad you got it sorted. ??