Posted 2 years ago #
I was looking at making a custom front page for my site and was hoping to reuse a widget that I have set up on the sidebar on regular pages/posts. It would be nice to only have to update one widget and have all sidebars and and front page all update together.
The Widget: Text Widget (comes with default install)
The Site: http://www.psychreview.net
The Question: Is there a way to use php to call the widget in the index.php file?
Thanks guys!
Posted 2 years ago #
Have you tried the_widget() function?
This post gives an explanation of how it can be used: http://wpfirstaid.com/2010/01/no-widget-area/
The details of the default Text Widget can be found in the core files at: ../wp-includes/default-widgets.php around line 369.
Posted 2 years ago #
Thanks for the info.
I ended up creating a second sidebar template, and a second sidebar, and pulling in the sidebar where I wanted the widget. Kind of a round-about way of doing it, but it works.
Definitely going to look into the_widget() though, didn't notice that in the 2.8 notes. Thanks!
Posted 2 years ago #
You're welcome! Glad to help.
This topic has been closed to new replies.
