oneeyedparrot

I think that wp_head() triggers one of those critical hooks that WL depends on very dearly to work.

Aha! It’s always the simplest of things, isn’t it?

Googling around, I found this topic:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/197792

I saw that and simply thought, “Huh.”

I looked at the default theme. Sure enough, it makes a call to wp_head(). Right before the </head> tag.

My theme didn’t. ??

alanft, thanks so much for your help. And I just realized you’re the developer of Widget Logic – great plugin!

Also, I might add that this issue could be FAQ-worthy. ??

So here’s the results:

1. I installed PHP-Exec. The extension works fine. Widget Logic = ??
2. Here’s the theme:
https://pk-fire.com/etc/spranklez.zip

Thanks so much again

EDIT: The site I’m working on is at:
https://spranklestudios.com/wp/

The only other code that executes before this is in header.php. I gave this a look-see but nothing too interesting – just a bunch of bloginfo() calls.

Is there something that needs to be in functions.php that I don’t have?

Thanks for following up ??

Theme functions file is pretty small. Here it is:

<?php
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
    register_sidebar(array(
        'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
        'after_widget' => '</li>',
        'before_title' => '<h2 class="widgettitle">',
        'after_title' => '</h2>',
    ));

function exclude_category($query) {
	if ( $query->is_home ) {
		$query->set('cat', '-7');
	}
	return $query;
}

add_filter('pre_get_posts', 'exclude_category');
?>

I’ve removed that exclude_category function and that did nothing.

Hi alanft,

The theme I’m using is built from a wordpress-ignorant design. So in terms of WordPress functionality, I made it.

The worst I mess around with WP queries is indeed in the sidebar. It’s just a simple code to show a rundown of stories from a particular category. If I take it out, though, it does not change a thing. Here’s the code from the sidebar.php:

<td class="left_content">
<?php

if ( function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') ) {
     dynamic_sidebar();
}
?>

<?php if( is_home() ) {

$postlist = get_posts('category_name=events&numberposts=5');
foreach ($postlist as $post) {?>
<div class="event-post">
	<h2 class="event-title"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<span class="event-entry">
	<?php the_excerpt(); ?>
	<?php the_content("Read more &raquo;"); ?>
</span>
</div>
<? } ?>
<? } ?>
</td>

Has anyone got any idea at all? I checked the default theme and the code that draws the dynamic sidebar appears to exactly the same as what I have.

Thanks flash! You did a good thing to post the solution in a google-able topic. ??