Add Sidebar to Category Pages

  • Hi everyone,

    Thanks for all your help in the past.

    I’m using the right sidebar for most of pages, and I realized that my category pages for my blog posts don’t have a right sidebar. Is there a way to call in the default right sidebar for my category pages? Or set the category pages to a different page template?

    maybe something like this?

    
if(is_category()){
dynamic_sidebar( 'right' );
}

    This seems to do nothing, so I could be way off track.

    Thanks for any help! Here’s the page I’d like to add a sidebar to. https://georgedumontier.com/PEC/category/in-the-media/

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  • Thread Starter georgedumontier

    (@georgedumontier)

    So I made a file called category.php and added it to the child theme.

    I’m working off the custom page example, and this is what I have. I commented out the left sidebar hook and added this after the article closes

       <div class="span4 right tc-sidebar">
                    <div id="right" class="widget-area" role="complementary">
                      <?php dynamic_sidebar( 'right' );?>
                    </div>
                  </div>

    It’s working right now, but I’m not sure this is the best way.

    
<?php
/*
Template Name: Custom Page Example
*/
?>
<?php do_action( '__before_main_wrapper' ); ##hook of the header with get_header ?>
<div id="main-wrapper" class="<?php echo implode(' ', apply_filters( 'tc_main_wrapper_classes' , array('container') ) ) ?>">

    <?php do_action( '__before_main_container' ); ##hook of the featured page (priority 10) and breadcrumb (priority 20)...and whatever you need! ?>

    <div class="container" role="main">
      <p>
        testing testing testing testing
      </p>
        <div class="<?php echo implode(' ', apply_filters( 'tc_column_content_wrapper_classes' , array('row' ,'column-content-wrapper') ) ) ?>">

            <?php //do_action( '__before_article_container' ); ##hook of left sidebar?>
          

                <div id="content" class="<?php echo implode(' ', apply_filters( 'tc_article_container_class' , array( CZR_utils::czr_fn_get_layout(  CZR_utils::czr_fn_id() , 'class' ) , 'article-container', 'span-8') ) ) ?>">
                  

                    <?php do_action( '__before_loop' );##hooks the header of the list of post : archive, search... ?>

                        <?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>

                            <?php while ( have_posts() ) : ##all other cases for single and lists: post, custom post type, page, archives, search, 404 ?>

                                <?php the_post(); ?>

                                <?php do_action( '__before_article' ) ?>
                                    <article <?php czr_fn__f( '__article_selectors' ) ?>>
                                        <?php do_action( '__loop' ); ?>
                                    </article>
                                <?php do_action( '__after_article' ) ?>

                            <?php endwhile; ?>

                        <?php endif; ##end if have posts ?>

                    <?php do_action( '__after_loop' );##hook of the comments and the posts navigation with priorities 10 and 20 ?>

                </div><!--.article-container -->
          <div class="span4 right tc-sidebar">
                    <div id="right" class="widget-area" role="complementary">
                      <?php dynamic_sidebar( 'right' );?>
                    </div>
                  </div>

           <?php do_action( '__after_article_container' ); ##hook of left sidebar ?>

        </div><!--.row -->
    </div><!-- .container role: main -->

    <?php do_action( '__after_main_container' ); ?>

</div><!-- //#main-wrapper -->

<?php do_action( '__after_main_wrapper' );##hook of the footer with get_get_footer ?>

    Hi,
    of course, yes. You can use a category template to achieve what you want.

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