Title: is_active_sidebar compatibility
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# is_active_sidebar compatibility

 *  Resolved [Themico](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themico/)
 * (@themico)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is_active_sidebar-compatibility/)
 * Hello,
 * thank you for your plugin, its great.
 * I’m using is_active_sidebar(), and if the sidebar is empty (shop sidebar for 
   example), then I’m not displaying sidebar column at all. But if I replace it 
   with WooSidebars sidebar, then if is still not displayed, as the replaced sidebar
   is still empty.
 * If there any way to solve this situation so the replaced sidebar will be displayed
   even if initial sidebar is empty?
 * Thank you.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/woosidebars/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woosidebars/)

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 *  Thread Starter [Themico](https://wordpress.org/support/users/themico/)
 * (@themico)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is_active_sidebar-compatibility/#post-6942508)
 * or a way to get the replacing sidebar name, so I can check it too?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Matt Cohen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattyza/)
 * (@mattyza)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is_active_sidebar-compatibility/#post-6942848)
 * Hi there,
 * Thanks for your query.
 * By the time `is_active_sidebar` is available, the sidebars have already been 
   replaced.
 * Does your replacement widget area contain widgets?

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 * Last reply from: [Matt Cohen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattyza/)
 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/is_active_sidebar-compatibility/#post-6942848)
 * Status: resolved