Title: Sidebar Issue
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Sidebar Issue

 *  [sttl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sttl/)
 * (@sttl)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-issue-2-2/)
 * OK, I have a few (that will soon be several) themes available for my visitors
   to choose from. Because I change my sidebar often, Id like to call it from a 
   centralized location instead of from inside the theme folder so that I only have
   to upload it once each time I make a change. What I mean is, Id like to put one
   sidebar.php in say the themes folder and call it from there to all the themes.
   I tried using a standard php include:
 *     ```
       <?php include("domain.name/wp-content/themes/sidebar.php"); ?>
       ```
   
 * but just get errors. I hope Im making sense. Thanks for any help!

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-issue-2-2/#post-590268)
 * 1. You should use server path – not URL – in an include.
    2. I am not sure it
   will work even then… but you can try!
 *  Thread Starter [sttl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sttl/)
 * (@sttl)
 * [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-issue-2-2/#post-590278)
 * It worked great! Thank you!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [sttl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sttl/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-issue-2-2/#post-590278)
 * Status: not resolved

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