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How do begin to work with the plugin?

Here there is an old video tutorial about how to set up your first sidebars.

Where do I set my sidebars up?

You have a sidebar box when editing a entry. Also you can define default sidebars for different posts and archives.

Why do I get a message 'There are no replaceable sidebars selected'?

You can create all the sidebars you want, but you need some sidebars of your theme to be replaced by the ones that you have created. You have to select which sidebars from your theme are suitable to be replaced in the Custom Sidebars settings page and you will have them available to switch.

Everything is working properly on Admin area, but the site is not displayin the sidebars. Why?

You probably are using a theme that don’t load dynamic sidebars properly or don’t use the wp_head() function in its header. The plugin replace the sidebars inside that function, and many others plugins hook there, so it is more than recommended to use it.

It appears that only an Admin can choose to add a sidebar. How can Editors (or any other role) edit customs sidebars?

Any user that can switch themes, can create sidebars. Switch_themes is the capability needed to manage widgets, so if you can’t edit widgets you can’t create custom sidebars. There are some plugins to give capabilities to the roles, so you can make your author be able to create the sidebars. Try User role editor

Does it have custom taxonomies support?

Sidebars for custom taxonomies are not working by the moment, it’s hard to build an interface.

Can I use the plugin in commercial projects?

Custom Sidebars has the same license as WordPress, so you can use it wherever you want for free. Nevertheless, donations are welcome.

How can I remove the donation banner?

The banner it is not hard to remove for any programmer, but the easiest way to remove the banner is making a donation to the plugin, 1 cent and you get rid of it. Donate.

Some howtos

You can find some simple tutorials on the Custom sidebars plugin web page