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1. raxdy
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   Hi all,

   Please excuse my lack of knowledge when it comes to WordPress as I try to explain my issue:

   I'm creating a child theme using twentyeleven as the parent. The widget-title is wrapped within an <h3> tag. I want to override that <h3> tag with an <h5>. I see where it's called in the twentyeleven functions.php file, but how do I/and what is the proper procedure when trying to override that specific function?

   This is what I see in the twentyeleven functions.php file:

   function twentyeleven_widgets_init() {

   register_widget( 'Twenty_Eleven_Ephemera_Widget' );

   register_sidebar( array(
'name' => __( 'Main Sidebar', 'twentyeleven' ),
'id' => 'sidebar-1',
'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
'after_widget' => "</aside>",
'before_title' => '<h3 class="widget-title">',
'after_title' => '</h3>',
) );
}

2. wpismypuppet
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   First, you'll want to read this:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes

   In there, there is a line that says

   TIP FOR THEME DEVELOPERS. The fact that a child theme’s functions.php is loaded first means that you can make the user functions of your theme pluggable —that is, replaceable by a child theme— by declaring them conditionally. E.g.:

   if (!function_exists('theme_special_nav')) {
       function theme_special_nav() {
           //  Do something.
       }
   }

   In that way, a child theme can replace a PHP function of the parent by simply declaring it again.

   Best of luck!

3. raxdy
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   Thanks wpismypuppet. I read the article, I'm just not sure how to alter the function as such...

   if (!function_exists('theme_special_nav')) {
       function theme_special_nav() {
           //  Do something.
       }
   }

   In my case, would that be:

   if (!function_exists('twentyeleven_widgets_init')) {
       function twentyeleven_widgets_init() {
           //  Do something.
       }
   }

   Thanks for your help thus far.

4. Rev. Voodoo
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   Nah... you can't just override it, because it isn't pluggable (twentyeleven_widgets_init isn't wrapped in !function_exists)

   It's an action, so it needs removed first, then build your own (copy paste from 2011, rename, add your action

   remove_action( 'widgets_init', 'twentyeleven_widgets_init' );
   
   function voodoo_widgets_init() {
   
      sidebar codes copied and edited
   
   }
   add_action( 'widgets_init', 'voodoo_widgets_init' );

   Should do it - obviously this takes away ALL 2011 sidebars, so you'll wanna replace them all. It also deregisters the ephemera widget, if you use that, you'll wanna paste that line back into your custom widgets init

   And I usually do sidebar adding/removing within my main after_setup_theme function

   https://digitalraindrops.net/2010/08/widgetized-areas/
   Is an article I found that explains it pretty well

5. wpismypuppet
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   @Voodoo

   Good call on the not being pluggable piece. I'm surprised it isn't!!! WordPress developed the theme... you'd think they would use their own advice for development :)

   No harm, no foul... but a nice article! Thanks.

6. raxdy
   Member
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   @Voodoo

   Worked perfectly! Thanks very much.
   Similarly, did this:

   // !AFTER_SETUP_THEME
   add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'raxdy_setup' );
   function raxdy_setup() {
   
   	/* Remove the twentyeleven registered sidebars */
   	remove_action( 'widgets_init', 'twentyeleven_widgets_init' );
   
   	function raxdy_widgets_init() {
                register_sidebar (copied and edited)
           }
          add_action( 'widgets_init', 'raxdy_widgets_init' );
   }

   Kudos to you both, thanks @voodoo @wpismypuppet

7. Rev. Voodoo
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 11 months ago #
   

   Coolio, glad that worked for you!

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