Title: Sidebar moves down
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Sidebar moves down

 *  [guddoz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guddoz/)
 * (@guddoz)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-moves-down/)
 * hi friends,i have blog named [http://www.guddoz.com](http://www.guddoz.com) and
   since last week whenever i click on any post and it opens in a single page ,then
   my sidebar moves down.My sidebar is ok at homepage,category and archievs page.
   please suggest me solution soon as it looks weird. thanks…

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 *  [Robin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cinghaman/)
 * (@cinghaman)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-moves-down/#post-2993891)
 * This is happening because of how your code is structured
    on your single post
   page <div class=”span-8 last”> is nested under <div class=”span-16″> (span-16
   class contains your main content-body) (span-8 class contains your sidebar)
 * where as on your main page it they are not nested which allows your sidebar to
   easily float on right side
    you would have to structure the single post page 
   correctly
 *  Thread Starter [guddoz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guddoz/)
 * (@guddoz)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-moves-down/#post-2993918)
 * Please robin tell me how can i structure the single post correctly.please reply.
 *  [Robin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cinghaman/)
 * (@cinghaman)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-moves-down/#post-2993919)
 * keep a backup of your files,
    and for your single post page (usually its single.
   php) but i dont know how your theme is structured. you just have correct the 
   closing of the div and make sure that div class=”span-8″ is not nested under 
   <div class=”span-16″> refer to the code to your archive page or any other page
   you mentioned which are working fine.
 *  [Robin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cinghaman/)
 * (@cinghaman)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-moves-down/#post-2993920)
 * or you can contact theme developers and report a bug issue
 *  Thread Starter [guddoz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guddoz/)
 * (@guddoz)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-moves-down/#post-2993923)
 * _[ Moderator note: It’s the backtick character and not the single quote for code.
   Or use the code button. Also? If you use [pastebin.com](http://pastebin.com/)
   instead of posting large code here, you get the magic of line numbers. ]_
 *     ```
       <?php get_header(); ?>
       	<div class="span-24" id="contentwrap">
       			<div class="span-16">
       				<div id="content">
       					<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
       						<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
       						<div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
       							<h2 class="title"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
       							<div class="postdate"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/date.png" /> <?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/user.png" /> <?php the_author() ?> <?php if (current_user_can('edit_post', $post->ID)) { ?> <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/edit.png" /> <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ''); } ?></div>
   
       							<div class="entry">
       <?php if ( function_exists("has_post_thumbnail") && has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail(array(300,225), array("class" => "alignleft post_thumbnail")); } ?>
       								<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
       								<?php wp_link_pages(array('before' => '<p><strong>Pages:</strong> ', 'after' => '</p>', 'next_or_number' => 'number')); ?>
       							</div>
       							<div class="postmeta"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/folder.png" /> Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> <?php if(get_the_tags()) { ?> <img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/tag.png" /> <?php  the_tags('Tags: ', ', '); } ?></div>
   
       							<div class="navigation clearfix">
       								<div class="alignleft"><?php previous_post_link('« %link') ?></div>
       								<div class="alignright"><?php next_post_link('%link »') ?></div>
       							</div>
   
       							<?php if (('open' == $post-> comment_status) && ('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
       								// Both Comments and Pings are open ?>
       								You can <a href="#respond">leave a response</a>, or <a>" rel="trackback">trackback</a> from your own site.
   
       							<?php } elseif (!('open' == $post-> comment_status) && ('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
       								// Only Pings are Open ?>
       								Responses are currently closed, but you can <a> " rel="trackback">trackback</a> from your own site.
   
       							<?php } elseif (('open' == $post-> comment_status) && !('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
       								// Comments are open, Pings are not ?>
       								You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
   
       							<?php } elseif (!('open' == $post-> comment_status) && !('open' == $post->ping_status)) {
       								// Neither Comments, nor Pings are open ?>
       								Both comments and pings are currently closed.
   
       							<?php } edit_post_link('Edit this entry','','.'); ?>
       						</div><!--/post-<?php the_ID(); ?>-->
   
       				<?php comments_template(); ?>
   
       				<?php endwhile; ?>
   
       				<?php endif; ?>
       			</div>
       			</div>
       		<?php get_sidebars(); ?>
       	</div>
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 * this is my single.php code,please tell where i have to change the code.
 *  [Robin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cinghaman/)
 * (@cinghaman)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-moves-down/#post-2993925)
 * please paste it using pastebin its hard to even see it like this
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-moves-down/#post-2993926)
 * The ‘sidebar moves below content’ issue is common when editing Template files
   and unnecessarily closing-off one HTML `<div>` element.
 * In your single.php code file, try removing one `</div>` before `<?php get_sidebars();?
   >`.
 *  [Robin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cinghaman/)
 * (@cinghaman)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-moves-down/#post-2993927)
 * did you check your code from archive or other pages which are working fine, compare
   both the files
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-moves-down/#post-2993928)
 * Gudoz, If someone can help you that would be great. But please be aware that 
   the theme you are using is from a non-GPL source and those are not welcome here.
 * Your chosen theme is not released under GPL. Non GPL products are not welcome
   in the WordPress community. Official WordPress policy states that all plugins
   and themes that are publicly released are required to adhere to [http://wordpress.org/about/gpl/](http://wordpress.org/about/gpl/)
 * Any support requests for non-GPL products are usually ignored, in the interests
   of supporting the community and its freedoms.
 * Please consider using a theme that is compatible with the GPL instead.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/)
 *  Thread Starter [guddoz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guddoz/)
 * (@guddoz)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-moves-down/#post-2993944)
 * HI robin ,i have checked archive.php but i am not able to sort out the error.
 *  Thread Starter [guddoz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guddoz/)
 * (@guddoz)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-moves-down/#post-2993947)
 * hi andrew i have removed the `</div> but it did not solved my problem.
 *  [Robin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cinghaman/)
 * (@cinghaman)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-moves-down/#post-2993948)
 * as jan said this forum is for supporting GPL themes, since you bought a paid 
   theme you it would be idle to contact the theme developer as i see on there demo
   it works perfectly
 *  Thread Starter [guddoz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guddoz/)
 * (@guddoz)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-moves-down/#post-2993989)
 * hi robin i have changed theme and viewed in preview but it also shows sidebar
   down.please suggest me, whether I have to reinstall wordpress or anything else
   i have to do.
 *  [Robin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cinghaman/)
 * (@cinghaman)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-moves-down/#post-2993990)
 * hi
    you would have to find the page from which your single post is generated 
   in your theme and as from firebugging your website i could see that
 * <div class=”span-8 last”>
    is nested under <div class=”span-16″> (span-16 class
   contains your main content-body) (span-8 class contains your sidebar)
 * which is causing the sidebar to shift down
 *  Thread Starter [guddoz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/guddoz/)
 * (@guddoz)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sidebar-moves-down/#post-2993991)
 * please tell me how can i remove this error

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