Different Widget Every Single Post

  • Resolved mbguru

    (@mbguru)


    10 years, 8 months ago

    Hi,
    I am after a solution to display a different widget on every single post. The site will have hundreds of posts as it’s being run as a diary/blog format, so I am after a solution bearing this in mind.

    I’ve tried to implement Custom Fields alongside PHP Code Widget.
    In the PHP Code Widget Sidebar propety i’ve the following code:

    <?php
if ( is_single() ) :
     global $post;
     if ( get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'per_post_content', true ) ) :
          echo get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'per_post_content', true );
     endif;
     wp_reset_postdata();
endif

    On every Post, I’ve got a Custom Field named ‘per_post_content’ and inside their I’ve been inserting my WP Widget Shortcode for example;

    [wp_progress_bar text="Progress" text_color="#fff" background="#eee" progress_color="#bbb" pc="90" width="100%" bottom="15px"]

    The widget is just blank and not displaying anything, and I am unsure if the code is wrong, or what’s the best solution to get this working.

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  • Josh

    (@josh401)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    First; let’s make sure the code is working properly.

    if ( is_single() ) :
     global $post;
     if ( get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'per_post_content', true ) ) :
          echo 'TESTING';
     endif;
     wp_reset_postdata();
endif;

    Does that display the word “TESTING” in the widget area?

    Thread Starter mbguru

    (@mbguru)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Hi Josh,
    Yes inserting this code into PHP Code widget outputs the word TESTING in Widget Area

    Josh

    (@josh401)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Okay.. now let’s wrap the shortcode in a do_shortcode() function.

    if ( is_single() ) :
     global $post;
     if ( get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'per_post_content', true ) ) :
          $shortcode = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'per_post_content', true );
          echo do_shortcode( $shortcode );
     endif;
     wp_reset_postdata();
endif;
    Thread Starter mbguru

    (@mbguru)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Sorry to sound daft, the code you attached above, am i right in saying that goes into the PHP Code Sidebar Widget

    And do i then in my “per_post_content” insert the following value;

    do_shortcode([wp_progress_bar text="Progress" text_color="#fff" background="#eee" progress_color="#bbb" pc="90" width="100%" bottom="15px"])

    Or am i missing something here?

    Thread Starter mbguru

    (@mbguru)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Scrap that last reply, I’ve just inserted the Code you sent above into my PHP Code widget however it needed the opening:
    <?php

    Once i’d inserted this and then in my per_post_content I added:
    [wp_progress_bar text="Progress" text_color="#fff" background="#eee" progress_color="#bbb" pc="90" width="100%" bottom="15px"]

    It’s now working just perfect!

    Thanks Josh you’re a star!

    Josh

    (@josh401)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    My pleasure. Glad you got it working.

    Yes, sorry… you need the opening <?php.
    You’ve got it, good job.

    You are very welcome 🙂

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