Title: WordPress sidebar in single posts
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress sidebar in single posts

 *  [atomiclauren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inkvisitor/)
 * (@inkvisitor)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sidebar-in-single-posts/)
 * Hi everyone,
 * I am having general trouble with WordPress single posts – in about 80% of themes
   I have downloaded and applied, the sidebar on the main page appears as it should,
   but when a single post is clicked, the sidebar (and footer) disappear. I have
   tried themes without any modifications and they do this same thing straight “
   out of the box.” TIA!
 * Here are two examples (the first with modifications of Titan, the second a simple
   dummy page using the WordPress default theme):
 * [http://arch-ive.org/](http://arch-ive.org/)
    [http://arch-ive.org/0000test](http://arch-ive.org/0000test)

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sidebar-in-single-posts/#post-1143966)
 * then perhaps the problem is with your posts or how you call images, etc.
 * [unclosed `<div>'s`](http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Farch-ive.org%2Farchive%2Fhustons-drugs%2F&charset=(detect+automatically)&doctype=Inline&group=0&ss=1)
   are a killer
 *  Thread Starter [atomiclauren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inkvisitor/)
 * (@inkvisitor)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sidebar-in-single-posts/#post-1144033)
 * I was thinking that, but on the dummy page I used plain text and not a lot of
   it. The default theme did the same thing in that situation.
 * If it is a div issue, which seems plausible, I can’t find where to correct it,
   especially since I have done nothing to the code to begin with.
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sidebar-in-single-posts/#post-1144061)
 * many themes make it a feature not to show sidebar (and footer) in single posts.
   some do extend the space to show a wider area for the single post, some don’t.
   look into ‘single.php’ and you will find no ‘get_sidebar’ near the end.
 * if you insist in having a sidebar even on single posts, add the lines back into
   single.php – right at the end:
 *     ```
       <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
   
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 * you might need to change more than that and adjust the style as well.
 *  Thread Starter [atomiclauren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inkvisitor/)
 * (@inkvisitor)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sidebar-in-single-posts/#post-1144073)
 * ^Thanks – I checked with the theme creator’s page, and their page with the theme
   has a sidebar and footer on single posts.
 * I also checked the single.php file and the sidebar and footer php statements 
   are there. Here is the code for single.php:
 * > <?php get_header(); ?>
   >  <?php if (have_posts()) : ?> <?php while (have_posts()):
   > the_post(); ?> <div class=”post single” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”> <div 
   > class=”post-header”> <div class=”date”> <?php the_time(‘M j’) ?> <span><?php
   > the_time(‘y’) ?></span></div> <h1><?php the_title(); ?></h1> <div class=”author”
   > >by <?php the_author() ?></div> </div><!–end post header–> <div class=”entry
   > clear”> <?php the_content(‘read more…’); ?> <?php edit_post_link(‘Edit This’,'
   > <p>’,'</p>’); ?> <?php wp_link_pages(); ?> </div><!–end entry–> <div class=”
   > meta clear”> <p>From <?php the_category(‘, ‘) ?> </p> <div class=”tags”><?php
   > the_tags(‘<span>Tags</span> <p>’, ‘, ‘, ‘</p>’); ?></div>
   >  </div><!–end meta–>
   >  </div><!–end post–> <?php endwhile; /* rewind or continue
   > if all posts have been fetched */ ?> <?php comments_template(”, true); ?> <?
   > php else : ?> <?php endif; ?> </div><!–end content–> <?php get_sidebar(); ?
   > > <?php get_footer(); ?>
 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sidebar-in-single-posts/#post-1144086)
 * the last echo in the html is:
 *     ```
       </div><!--end meta-->
       </div><!--end post-->
       ```
   
 * that indicates that the single.php aborts some here:
 *     ```
       <?php endwhile; /* rewind or continue if all posts have been fetched */ ?>
       <?php comments_template('', true); ?>
       <?php else : ?>
       <?php endif; ?>
       </div><!--end content-->
       <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 * i pass this to the php experts …
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sidebar-in-single-posts/#post-1144088)
 * Why don’t you try what samboll hinted at and [validate your site](http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Farch-ive.org%2Farchive%2Fhustons-drugs%2F&charset=(detect+automatically)&doctype=Inline&group=0&ss=1)?
 *  Thread Starter [atomiclauren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/inkvisitor/)
 * (@inkvisitor)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sidebar-in-single-posts/#post-1144092)
 * ^Yes, I initially did that and saw the “end tag for “div” omitted, but OMITTAG
   NO was specified.”
 * Problem is, I can’t find any self closed or unclosed div.
 * If it is a PHP problem like shown above, I have been unsuccessful in fixing that
   as well.
 *  [cheezits](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cheezits/)
 * (@cheezits)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-sidebar-in-single-posts/#post-1144118)
 * I had the same problem and it drove me nuts. I found this article: [http://www.wordpressmax.com/wordpress/add-sidebar](http://www.wordpressmax.com/wordpress/add-sidebar)
 * After I added the “get side bar” in the code, I changed the column size from 
   wide to narrow to allow room for the side bar.
    div id=”content” class=”widecolumn”
   > to div id=”content” class=”narrowcolumn”>
 * This worked for me.

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