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Multiple widget pages in theme admin? (3 posts)

  1. andymacleod
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    Posted 7 months ago #

    On the theme that I am creating I want to have different widgets on content pages and post pages... I want a large number of widget areas on each template...

    I could just register lots of widget areas to appear on the main Widget page, but a neater solution would be to have separate Widget option pages for each template...

    Is it possible to create multiple Widget theme option pages?

    Thanks,

    Andy

  2. Chip Bennett
    Member
    Posted 7 months ago #

    Is it possible to create multiple Widget theme option pages?

    No; Widgets are configured via Dashboard -> Appearance -> Widgets.

    Technically speaking, almost everything can be modified in WordPress; however, spreading out Widget management over several pages would be terrible UX. Users expect Widget configuration to be found at Dashboard -> Appearance -> Widgets.

    Your options:

    1) Create multiple, contextual Widgetized sidebars
    2) Use the Widget Logic Plugin (or similar) to allow conditional application of Widgets within your defined Widgetized sidebars.

  3. andymacleod
    Member
    Posted 7 months ago #

    Thanks for the reply... :)

    spreading out Widget management over several pages would be terrible UX

    I definitely disagree with that one!

    I would argue that having a few widget menu pages is much preferable to having (for example) the following widget areas on one page:

    Front page widget area 1 (This is not what they would be named, of course)...
    Front page widget area 2
    Front page widget area 3
    Front page widget area 4
    Front page widget area 5
    Front page widget area 6
    Front page widget area 7
    Post page widget area 1
    Post page widget area 2
    Post page widget area 3
    Post page widget area 4
    Post page widget area 5
    Post page widget area 6
    Post page widget area 7
    Content page widget area 1
    Content page widget area 2
    Content page widget area 3
    Content page widget area 4
    Content page widget area 5
    Content page widget area 6
    Content page widget area 7

    Trying to drag widgets into the widget areas becomes impossible... That is definitely not good UX.

    (And yes, in case you were wondering, I have very good reasons for wanting such a large number of widgets in my theme).

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