Title: Child Theme Sidebar
Last modified: May 9, 2017

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# Child Theme Sidebar

 *  Resolved [patcf24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patcf24/)
 * (@patcf24)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-sidebar/)
 * I’m using THBusiness theme. I created a child theme for it. I am trying to add
   a custom sidebar to the footer. The sidebar shows up in the admin, but wont display
   the widget(s) being used on the front end, instead, it displays the general sidebar
   of the site. I have to be doing something wrong.
 * Code for functions.php file:
 *  register_sidebar( array(
    ‘name’ => __( ‘Footer Social Sidebar’, ‘thbusiness’),‘
   id’ => ‘footer-social’, ‘description’ => ”, ‘before_widget’ => ‘<aside id=”%1
   $s” class=”widget %2$s”>’, ‘after_widget’ => ‘</aside>’, ‘before_title’ => ‘<
   h3 class=”footer-widget-title”>’, ‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’, ) );
 * Code for footer.php:
 * <?php if ( is_active_sidebar( ‘footer-left’ ) || is_active_sidebar( ‘footer-mid’)
   || is_active_sidebar( ‘footer-right’ ) || is_active_sidebar( ‘footer-social’ )):?
   >
    <div class=”footer-widget-area”> <div class=”col-md-3″> <div class=”left-footer”
   > <?php get_sidebar( ‘footer-left’ ); ?> </div> </div>
 *  <div class=”col-md-3″>
    <div class=”mid-footer”> <?php get_sidebar( ‘footer-
   mid’ ); ?> </div> </div>
 *  <div class=”col-md-3″>
    <div class=”right-footer”> <?php get_sidebar( ‘footer-
   right’ ); ?> </div> </div>
 *  <div class=”col-md-3″>
    <div class=”right-social”> <?php get_sidebar( ‘footer-
   social’ ); ?> </div> </div> </div><!– .footer-widget-area –> <?php endif; ?>
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by [patcf24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patcf24/).

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-sidebar/#post-9119688)
 * Since you marked this resolved, I presume you discovered `dynamic_sidebar('footer-
   social');` I’m leaving a solution for the benefit of anyone who may land here
   with a similar quandary.

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 * Last reply from: [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-sidebar/#post-9119688)
 * Status: resolved

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