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1. stemie
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #
   

   Im trying to set the sidebar widget title color according to what category the post or archive is in.

   Im using post_class and in my css for eg. .category-name {color:#333;}

   When I register a new sidebar I cannot add <?php post_class ?> to my functions file for 'before_title' =>

   What options do I have to set the color of the widget title?

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper & Moderator
   Posted 8 months ago #
   

   assuming you know your css -
   you could add (conditionally for single post only) post_class() to the sidebar template; archives would probably have the category information in the body_class().

   or try this filter function in functions.php of your theme:
   (based on an original post by @MathSmath: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-first-and-last-css-classes-for-sidebar-widgets?replies=9 )

   function add_before_widget_title_extra_classes($params) {
   //* adapted from a code by  @MathSmath / found in:
   //* http://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-first-and-last-css-classes-for-sidebar-widgets?replies=9
   
   	$this_id = $params[0]['id']; // Get the id for the current sidebar we're processing
   	$arr_registered_widgets = wp_get_sidebars_widgets(); // Get an array of ALL registered widgets	
   
   	if(!isset($arr_registered_widgets[$this_id]) || !is_array($arr_registered_widgets[$this_id])) { // Check if the current sidebar has no widgets
   		return $params; // No widgets in this sidebar... bail early.
   	}
   
   	if( is_single() ) : global $post; $class = 'class="'; foreach( get_the_category($post->ID) as $pcat ) { $class .= 'category-' . $pcat->slug . ' '; }  // Add a widget category class for additional styling options
   	elseif( is_category() ) : $cat = get_query_var('cat'); $class = 'class="category-' . get_category($cat)->slug . ' ';  // Add a widget category class for additional styling options
   	endif;
   	if( is_single() || is_category() ) :
   $params[0]['before_title'] = preg_replace('/class=\"/', "$class", $params[0]['before_title'], 1); endif;
   	return $params;
   
   }
   add_filter('dynamic_sidebar_params','add_before_widget_title_extra_classes');

   (not widely tested)

3. stemie
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #
   

   Thanks the code works :)

   Is there a way to set it so that it gets all the children of the parent category?
   So I only need to set the colours for the parent categories in css. I tried in_category()

   I appreciate you help.

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