How to disable sticky sidebar

wordpressuser2019
(@wordpressuser2019)

6 years, 7 months ago

Hello everyone,

I’m trying to disable the sticky sidebar of my wordpress site. I would like to be able to produce static, scrollable sidebar widgets. To my knowledge, the plugins that I have installed are not causing the sticky sidebar. I’m stumped and hoping for some ideas.

Theme: Power Magazine

I don’t have any custom CSS.

Thank you for your time.

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mark l chaves
(@mlchaves)

6 years, 7 months ago
Hi @wordpressuser2019 ,

Here’s a quick & dirty solution using CSS if there’s no way to do this through the theme settings.
```
/* Make the right sidebar go away. */
#secondary {
	display: none; /* Use !important if needed. */
}

/* Fill in the rest of the page now that there's no sidebar. */
body.left-sidebar #primary, body.right-sidebar #primary {
	width: 100% !important; /* Tweak as needed. */
}
```
Good luck!
Theme Author theme404
(@theme404)

6 years, 7 months ago
Hi @wordpressuser2019,
Create a child theme using the plugin given below.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-child-theme-generator/
After activating the child theme, go to child theme functions.php paste below-given code.
```
if ( ! function_exists( 'power_magazine_child_custom_scripts' ) ):
    // Remove the Sticky Sidebar  
    function power_magazine_child_custom_scripts() {
        wp_dequeue_script( 'theia-sticky-sidebar-js' );
        wp_deregister_script( 'theia-sticky-sidebar-js' );
        // Now the parent script is completely removed
    }
endif;
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'power_magazine_child_custom_scripts', 100 );
```
- This reply was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by theme404.
Thread Starter wordpressuser2019
(@wordpressuser2019)

6 years, 7 months ago

@mlchaves

Thank you for your quick response! I tried using this code in the additional CSS, but I’m not certain it’s what I was hoping to implement.

I would like to keep the right sidebar (and the widgets it contains) but prevent the widgets from being sticky. It seems the widgets are sticky automatically, as I have no plug-in installed that would make them sticky. I would like users to be able to scroll past the widgets (static, non-sticky sidebar).

Thank you again for your help, I look forward to your feedback.

Thread Starter wordpressuser2019
(@wordpressuser2019)

6 years, 7 months ago

@theme404

Thank you for your reply, I appreciate your support. I tried doing this but was not able to access the Functions.php- is there a way to alter the code without using a child theme? Is it possible to use the additional CSS?

mark l chaves
(@mlchaves)

6 years, 7 months ago

Hi @wordpressuser2019 ,

No problem. Understood. Thanks for clarifying. I’ll leave it up to the theme author to give you their expert advice.

Good luck!
Theme Author theme404
(@theme404)

6 years, 7 months ago
Hello wordpressuser2019,

Go to Appearance > Theme Editor and open functions.php and add the above code at the last line of function.php.

Note: The above code will be lost when an update is available. So it is better to create child theme.

Thank You
- This reply was modified 6 years, 7 months ago by theme404.