different sidebar per category

Here’s a plugin that might possibly work

https://maketecheasier.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-widget-changer

I haven’t tried it yet, so I can’t tell you for sure if it will fit your needs.

There’s also a plugin called Page Sidebars, but as the name suggests, it’s page related.

https://www.nexterous.com/scripts/pagesidebar.php

thats not really what im looking for but thanks anyway gestroud. I wanna do this without a plugin, this post seems promising but I still don’t get it unfortunately.

Do you have a special personal function defined in your WP like this:
php get_sidebar80()

Otherwise that will not work. To include files that are not defined in the WP core files you should use:
<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar80.php'); ?>

And read again that Conditional page… there is in_category and there is is_category.

HI,

try put this code in your category template where you want the side bar:

<?php
if ( (is_category('80')) { 

 include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar80.php');

} elseif ( (is_category('81')) {

include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar81.php');

} else {

include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar.php');
 }
 ?>

you can add as much elseif you want.

hope this helps to you.

nair, that does NOT address the OP’s request:

Now I would like to display sidebar80 for when a single post is displayed that falls under category 80.

ops, you are right! i miss the single page request!!! i’m going to correct the code!

code to put in the single page where you want the sidebar:

<?php
$post = $wp_query->post;
if ( (in_category('80')) { 

 include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar80.php');

} elseif ( (in_category('81')) {

include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar81.php');

} else {

include(TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar.php');
 }
 ?>

well this is working for me…

Hi Nair, followed your instructions and I am receiving this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘{‘ in /home/website/public_html/temp/wp-content/themes/mimbo2.2/single.php on line 5

What did I missed? Thanks

How should we know what is on line 5 in your theme?

If you want an answer paste your single.php to https://wordpress.pastebin.ca

Hi, sorry. here it is:

1 <?php get_header(); ?>
2
3 <?php
4 $post = $wp_query->post;
5 if ( (in_category(‘8’)) {

and the whole template for single.php is here:
https://wordpress.pastebin.ca/921904

Thanks a lot

Should be:
if (in_category('8'))

– only one bracket between if and in!

absolutely wonderful. Am now deep into using Conditionals now as a result. As with most stuff I learned with WordPress (or php / mysql for that matter), all I needed was a working example to get started making my own stuff.

Thank you so much.

Thanks a lot moshu, its working now.