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1. RSimpson
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   Hi folks,

   Does anyone have a quick and dirty way I can alter my sidebar.php so that categories and archives appear only on my blog and not the pages?

   Cheers,
   Robert

2. Rhand
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   Remove them from page.php if you have one defined in that particular theme.

3. RSimpson
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   Hi Rhand,

   I can see <?php get_sidebar(); ?> in there, I don't want to remove the sidebar completely, I just want to remove the categories and archive when people are viewing pages instead of the blog, I still want the pages navigation to show up. Is there a quick if else conditional I can throw around the 2 parts in sidebar.php?

   Cheers,
   Robert

4. RSimpson
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   Anybody? :)

5. adam-s
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   You could try something like...

   if (!is_page){

   }

   ...in sidebar.php around the categories and archives code.

6. wp_guy
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   Yep, you can use the is_page() conditional tag, as long as your sidebar isn't widgetized. Otherwise you'd need to create 2 sidebars (one for your blog and one for the pages).

7. RSimpson
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   Hi guys,

   I tried the is_page() conditional and the cats and archive disappeared completely. My blog is not the home page, it's the posts page which I set under Settings > Reading.

   Cheers,
   Robert

8. wp_guy
   Member
   Posted 1 week ago #

   Notice that adam-s' code has an exclamation mark (!) in front of the is_page() (which would be like saying isnt_page() if you know what I mean)...

   if(!is_page()){
        // Your categories and archives
   }

   That would make the categories and archives appear in the home page, in the single post page, etc. Everywhere but the pages (eg. About, Contact, etc.)

9. RSimpson
   Member
   Posted 1 day ago #

   Sorry it took me so long to reply to this, I'd made a mistake in my own code (daft thing) and !is_page() does in fact work :)

   Mark as resolved! :D

   Cheers,
   Robert

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