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1. harikaram
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   From the docs...

   is_dynamic_sidebar:
   "This Conditional Tag checks if the current sidebar has active widgets"

   is_active_sidebar:
   "This Conditional Tag checks if a given sidebar is active (in use)."

   What's the difference?

2. Marventus
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Hi there,

   One can register multiple sidebars on a given theme, but one might not necessarily add widgets to a particular one. That's where the tags you are asking about come in handy:
   is_active_sidebar ('number', 'id', or 'name') returns true if a certain sidebar (identified by its ID, number, or name) contains widgets and false if it does not.
   is_dynamic_sidebar returns true if the current sidebar contains widgets and false if it does snot.
   The tag is_active_sidebar is newer since it was introduced in WP 2.8, while is_dynamic_sidebar was introduced in WP 2.2.

   I hope this explanation helps.

3. harikaram
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Oh I see, the later just checks whether *any* sidebar is registered and has widgets - possibly a throw back to the time when there was only 1 sidebar?

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