Title: Sidebar IDs
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Sidebar IDs

 *  Resolved [bryanbatcher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bryanbatcher/)
 * (@bryanbatcher)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-ids/)
 * I’m trying to use the Jetpack plugin with the Easel theme. Jetpack says to display
   a sidebar on the mobile site it needs to be named sidebar-1. Which sidebar in
   Easel is sidebar? Can it be changed? If there isn’t a sidebar-1 can I make one
   sidebar-1? Could I get an example of what to change in the code? I’m not too 
   familiar with the coding language here.

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 *  [marcelle42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/marcelle42/)
 * (@marcelle42)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-ids/#post-3521109)
 * Sidebar ids are set when the sidebar is declared, usually in the functions.php
   file, usually with the [register_sidebar function](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/register_sidebar).
   You can change an existing sidebar is, or you can create a new sidebar. Note 
   that changing an existing id may break some of the styles.
 * You may want to make a copy of the Easel theme before you change it, or create
   a child theme. Otherwise, if the Easel theme is updated, your changes will be
   lost.
 *  Thread Starter [bryanbatcher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bryanbatcher/)
 * (@bryanbatcher)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-ids/#post-3521151)
 * So I went into the function.php file and changed the id to sidebar-1. It didn’t
   work. Does anyone know if the Jetpack Mobile theme even works with Easel when
   it comes to displaying a sidebar?
 *  Thread Starter [bryanbatcher](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bryanbatcher/)
 * (@bryanbatcher)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-ids/#post-3521152)
 * When I change the id in the functions file, the blog will no longer display what
   is in the sidebar. When go into widgets and add stuff back to the sidebar, it
   still doesn’t show up. I changed the sidebar id back to the original id and everything
   that was in it before came back. So I think when I change the sidebar id, wordpress
   no longer associates the sidebar with that id. How do I change the id AND keep
   the link between that id and the sidebar id that wordpress uses to display that
   sidebar?
 *  Theme Author [Frumph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frumph/)
 * (@frumph)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-ids/#post-3521309)
 * .. you can add another sidebar with the ID of 1 ya know
 *  Theme Author [Frumph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/frumph/)
 * (@frumph)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-ids/#post-3521342)
 * 1 month, no communication – closing.

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 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-ids/#post-3521342)
 * Status: resolved