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1. jonpb
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Hi all,

   Is there a way to have the sidebar contain a list of all possible sidebar widgets, but control which widgets appear on a given page?

   Ex: Sidebar.php would have the following widgets:
   item 1
   item 2
   item 3
   item 4
   item 5

   I may have item 1 on the about page, and items 1, 3, and 5 on the contact page. Is there a way to do this with custom fields?

   Many thanks in advance!

2. Anderton
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Maybe this?
   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/slayers-custom-widgets/

3. jonpb
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Thanks for the reply. I did look at this a bit, although itisn't quite what I'm looking for. I'm hoping for something where the widgets are basically all in the sidebar, but I turn them 'on' or 'off' as needed, on a page by page basis, using custom fields.

   Thanks so much,

   j

4. alanft
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   you could try my plugin
   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widget-logic/

   i've not tried code based on custom fields. but i bet it's not that difficult. Something like

   is_single() && (get_post_custom_values('custom_field_name')=='show widget X')

   would work

5. jonpb
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   Thanks Alanft -I looked at your post too. I was trying to have my own custom widgets -not using the WP widgets at all... Thanks again!!

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